Backwards and Forward Notes

A play is an action

An action occurs when something happens that makes something else happen

Knowing the connection of events is important

1^st action= trigger

2^nd action= heap

Heap becomes trigger for next action

A play is a series of dominoes- one event triggers the next

Someone incapable of action does nothing

Going forward allows unpredictable possibility

Going backwards exposes that which is required

The present demands and reveals the past

Lots of things happen, but only one has JUST occurred

Stasis is a motionless balance of forces

Intrusion is a pushing or forcing in

For a play to begin, there must be an intrusion

Stasis comes close to the end of the play

Stasis-intrusion and battle-new stasis

Dramatic stasis-things never change if something didn’t happen

Irrsistable forces don’t wander

Dramatic conflict is a particular kind of interaction

A human talks to get what they want

What a character wants motivates talking

Obstacle is resistance for having what character wants

A play’s adventure lies in not knowing

Things theatrical are all things that elicit strong audience response