Plays

I found that making our own Goodstudent plays was more difficult than it first looked. One needs to have a solid plot that will grab the viewer's attention and keep it throughout the play. Since neither I nor my group members were playwrights it was difficult to get into that mindset. It also was a challenge acting it out. I feel that no one in our class was particularly thrilled to act in front of their peers. By being up there I really appreciated good acting ability. It seems almost like an actor is a finely tuned puppet that has very precise actions. It is also very hard to change how we think and make all of our ideas into pure narrative . Plays contain many benefits including instant feedback. When one performs they can look to the audience to see is the story is favored and they can mold their actions immediately or for the next play to excite the audience. Meanwhile, when writing a novel the writer can never change the original story for a new one to please the reader and feedback is difficult since sales rarely indicate what is to come. Many great novels only gain fame after the author's death and once the reader's can truly scrutinize the political satire or moral that is present.