Script Frenzy: Plotting is done!

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Last night, I stayed up late making a diagram of the plot of my Script Frenzy stage play. I used OpenOffice Draw, which is MS Publisher, only even better. It's so easy to draw lines and boxes and make them all different colors in Draw. On my diagram, each scene of the play is represented by a rectangle containing a sentence that summarizes what happens in that scene. The rectangles are color-coded to show which setting the scene takes place in: purple for Dreamseeker, gold for Calliope's office, and green for the Greek poet's house. The scenes are listed in chronological order, and black brackets to the left of the rectangles indicate how the scenes are grouped into acts. My play will have 5 acts. Acts 1-4 are each either 4 or 5 scenes long, and act 5, where things are wrapped up, is only 3 scenes long. (Of course, these numbers aren't set in stone. :-) )

I had a huge amount of fun making my plot diagram. It's really nice to have it straight in my mind exactly what will happen and in what order. Now all I need is a name for my Greek poet...