Script Frenzy 2011

I tried Script Frenzy in 2009, and sadly it turned into epic fail at around 12 pages. I had never written a script before, and telling the story through dialogue and in a limited space (it was a stage play) was very hard. I was surprised, since dialogue is my favorite thing to write. Narration can be annoying (even inner monologue), description is...necessary, but dialogue just flows for me. But in "Seashore", the dialogue didn't flow. It staggered around and fell over. I decided to give up, because apparently script writing isn't my thing.

This year, since I'm doing WriYe, I figured I might as well try again. I haven't been writing as much as I should (I think I'll have to push my word goal back to something like 70,000 instead of 150k), so this would give me a push in the right direction. I've been adapting one of my novels into a play, and it's been working well, so I thought I might have gotten the hang of it.

And actually...I was right! For Screnzy, I'm adapting another novel (called "Bright Lights") into a stage play. Unlike Dream RELM, it was just in its early phases. I had two developed characters and a vague idea of how the plot would go. I quickly transcribed the dialogue from the first few scenes into the play, and then I was on my own. It was challenging, especially introducing characters, but I think I've really gotten into it now. I'm at 58 pages, and the plot hasn't gotten out of control yet. I'm especially excited because writing plays combines my love of acting AND writing. And now I can actually do it!


So...question to inspire people to comment: what do you find the hardest to write? (Characters? Description? Dialogue?) What's the easiest?