Every playwright has a play they’ve never finished. Something you started in a frenzy of creative energy—finding the feel of the play without overthinking it. But after the fast few scenes, you stopped. The play stalls. It’s time to finish that play.
And weeks become months; months become years. And that unfinished script joins a growing collection of half-written ideas, abandoned drafts, and projects you’ll “get back to someday”.
At WriteForTheStage, we’ve spent years helping writers at every stage of their creative journey. One thing we’ve noticed is that playwrights tend to fall into two camps: those struggling to start, and those struggling to finish.
That’s why we’re now offering two focused one-day online workshops designed to tackle both challenges head on.
1-Day Workshop: Your Play Starts Here
We’ve designed this course for writers facing the blank page.
Whether you’re a complete beginner, a novelist curious about dramatic writing, or an experienced playwright looking for a fresh idea. Your Play Starts Here gets words onto the page quickly and confidently.
In this fully interactive workshop, we explore the foundations of dramatic writing through practical exercises. We generate characters, conflict, theme, and dramatic action.
We get started right away
Rather than spending hours discussing and exploring theory, we get writing from the outset, developing material you can take forward into a new script.
The workshop explores:
- The four essentials of playwriting
- Finding characters and conflict
- Embedding theme into your work
- Using dialogue and action dramatically
- Creating the opening pages of a new script
And by the end of the session, you’ll leave with a notebook full of ideas and the beginnings of a brand new play.
One-Day Workshop: Your Play Starts Here
A one-day online writing workshop for playwrights, novelists, and poets.
Are you stuck? Suffering writer’s block? Or perhaps you’re looking for the spark to fire your first ever play?
Whether you’re a complete beginner or a seasoned writer, you’ll leave this one-day workshop with a notepad full of ideas and a clear starting point for a brand new piece of creative writing.
Our New 1-Day Workshop: Finish That Play
We’ve designed this one-day workshop for those who find starting a cinch, but getting over the finish line a challenge. Because finishing a play can be tough.
We know precisely what we want to write and have already begun the process. We might even have a substantial draft.
What projects at this stage need isn’t another idea. It needs to rediscover its momentum and structure, and that’s where Finish That Play comes in.
Finish That Play: We go back to the beginning
As a dramaturg, I’m convinced that the key to your play’s ending lies somewhere within the first three pages of your script. I’ve tested this theory with countless students over the years, and we always find the path to the end.
This new one-day workshop is designed for writers who have already started a play. You might have your first scene, or you might have got halfway through.
Maybe you’ve broken the cardinal sin of editing of too soon. Maybe you’re fiddling with the beginning and never breaking through the tricky middle.
Finish That Play: Finding the ending
Rather than generating a brand new project, we focus on the script already sitting on your hard drive, in your notebook, or buried in a drawer.
The workshop creates space to:
- Strengthen the dramatic engine of your play
- Clarify structure, character objectives, and conflict
- Complete exercises that build a practical strategy for completion
- Create a clear plan that finds your ending
Finish That Play: Your play deserves a new life
Unfinished plays deserve another chance.
After all, strong scripts don’t fail because the idea isn’t good enough. They just run out of steam. And sometimes all a writer needs is the right conversation, a fresh perspective on their work, and a focused day dedicated to moving the work forward.
A Workshop That Finds a Path to the End
You might think you’ve got writer’s block. Or maybe you think you’ve lost the way with your idea. Remember: writing is 10% inspiration; 90% perspiration.
We’ll help you understand what’s working about your opening, and through practical exercises, you’ll find that all the answers were already staring you right in the face.
One-Day Workshop: Finish That Play
A one-day online writing workshop for playwrights, novelists, and poets.
Every writer has a play they started and never quite got round to finishing. Or perhaps you’ve lost the way with a promising opening?
Either way, this workshop will help you over that hump of inertia. Whether you’re a complete beginner or a seasoned writer, you’ll leave this one-day workshop with a clear plan for finally finishing that play.
Workshops for Starting and Ending your Play
If you’re staring at a blank page, Your Play Starts Here helps you discover your next idea and begin writing with confidence.
If you’ve already started and become stuck, Finish That Play helps you reconnect with the script you’ve already invested time, energy, and imagination into.
Sometimes you need help finding the beginning. Sometimes you need help reaching the end.
What Do People Say About WriteForTheStage One-Day Workshops?
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Finish That Play!!!
Whether you’re taking your first steps into playwriting or wrestling a half-finished script towards completion, we’d love to help you move your writing forward.
Your next play could start here. Or perhaps it’s time to finally finish that play you’ve already begun.
Whether your want to finish your play for a festival or a competition, we’ll help you find the path to completion.
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