Hello Flora!
Your play is actually developing well. You now have a better knowledge of your characters and the issues that create the conflict they should be going through.
You are stuck because, for each set of characters, there should be one character who provides conflict to propel the play forward (either an additional character for Kelly and Wayne; and either Jessica to Josh or Josh to Jessica). As it is, Kelly and Wayne are mainly in agreement and merely planning for the future, and Jessica and Josh are ambling along to a prospective visit to their mother. When you laid down your plot, all of the points of conflict were in the PAST. Bring them forward to the present.
Balance the scenes between the first set of characters and the second set of characters by alternating from one set to the other. In your draft you initially did that, then followed through with the Wayne/Jessica set in a clinic, and then a mall, and then back to their house.
Visualize a generic set. As a scene ends for one set of characters, it should OVERLAP with the beginning scene for the second set of characters. The characters of the second set enter even as the characters of the first set are still there. However, the characters of the first set DO NOT SEE the characters of the second set, and vice-versa.
Follow all of these guidelines. I assure you that you will come up with an exciting play.
Your play is actually developing well. You now have a better knowledge of your characters and the issues that create the conflict they should be going through.
You are stuck because, for each set of characters, there should be one character who provides conflict to propel the play forward (either an additional character for Kelly and Wayne; and either Jessica to Josh or Josh to Jessica). As it is, Kelly and Wayne are mainly in agreement and merely planning for the future, and Jessica and Josh are ambling along to a prospective visit to their mother. When you laid down your plot, all of the points of conflict were in the PAST. Bring them forward to the present.
Balance the scenes between the first set of characters and the second set of characters by alternating from one set to the other. In your draft you initially did that, then followed through with the Wayne/Jessica set in a clinic, and then a mall, and then back to their house.
Visualize a generic set. As a scene ends for one set of characters, it should OVERLAP with the beginning scene for the second set of characters. The characters of the second set enter even as the characters of the first set are still there. However, the characters of the first set DO NOT SEE the characters of the second set, and vice-versa.
Follow all of these guidelines. I assure you that you will come up with an exciting play.
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