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Position:Home>Books & Authors> I want to write a play would this be okay?Question: I want to write a play would this be okay!? I want it to be based on the Great Depression times but it's going to be a love story about a girl whose family really isn't suffering but she falls for this guy whose family is and they have to move away so his father can find work and she is going to try to help him stay with her instead of leaving with his family!. Is this a good idea or is it stupid!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Let's assume for a moment that the girl is named Rhonda and the guy is named Max!. If I were to write a play based during the time of the Great Depression, I would have Rhonda's father work at a bank or some other financial institution!. Rhonda's father one day tells his daughter that he recently had to send a notice to the Bissel family because they haven't been paying their mortgage or something like that along the lines!. Little does Rhonda know that her father is referring to Max's family!. Because the Bissel family was evicted, they are forced to head west to find work!. This is just an idea from the top of my head!. Just like what the people said, add twists!. Research the Great Depression!. Read/ talk to people that had to go through it!. Read books like "Of Mice and Men" or "To Kill a Mockingbird" as they are both set in the Great Depression!. Good luck and I know you'll do a remarkable job! :)Www@QuestionHome@Com Could be interesting!. Your run-on sentence generates some questions!. Age of two main characters!? If underage, how is he to stay when his family goes!? Why isn't she helping the entire family!? Why is she trying to separate the family!? Is she goofy in love, tries to do good, but causes tragedy!? Is she manipulative, tries to be selfish and ends up learning a lesson about the importance of responsibility and family!? Does she end up leaving her posh life to go with him and make his family's life better!? Good or bad, unknown until we see how you fill out your initial plot line!. Good luck!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Well, first off EVERYBODY suffered during the the Great Depression!. Even the richest people could not buy food and had to sell their cars, because all their money was in the banks, which crashed!. So thats not historically accurate!. However, if you make it believable and historically accurate, it could turn into something good!. It depends on where you go with it and how much its refined!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The conflict of love!.!.!.!.!.does the guy love his family better than the girl!? If he really loves his family he will try to keep both his family and the girl!.!.!.!.if he loves the girl that much he will go with her!.!.!.!.!.a good solution to this conflict is that the man stays with his family and the girl does too, but she can't live in poverty and leaves the man!.!.!.!.then the rich family loses their money, the rich family's father commits suicide, the rich families mother turns into an alcoholic and the girl has nothing left in the deal!.!.!.she goes back to the man and finds he is married and has children!.!.!.!.!.the lesson!? Windows of Opportunity come but once!.!.!.or you can't change the past!.!.!.!.or !.!.!.!.Too Late for Love!.!.!.!.Goodbye to Love!.!.!.Farewell My Love!.!.!.!.!.Love Never Knocks Twice!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.I like your idea!.!.!.!. and the girl finds out !.Www@QuestionHome@Com The story definitely has potential!. I would suggest creating a subplot or two, a comic relief character, and another unusual character, and going with it!. You might want to outline it more thouroughly, however, before you start!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I like it!. But you should make the ending exciting!. From just that, i can guess that he'll get money and they'll get married!. blah blah blah!. Do something unexpected!!Www@QuestionHome@Com Good idea, but it is slightly overused, (Rich Women, Poor Man fall in love) Try adding alot of twists!.Www@QuestionHome@Com It's an ok idea, just make sure you add in a lot of details and twists!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |