Info for authors note - should be half a page typed, single spaced. Due with your final scene.
What is an Author’s note?
Basically, it is an opportunity for you to speak directly to your readers about your work. It explains what you created, why you made the choices you did, and why you made it - why it matters.
What should I include in my Author’s Note?
Basically, it is an opportunity for you to speak directly to your readers about your work. It explains what you created, why you made the choices you did, and why you made it - why it matters.
What should I include in my Author’s Note?
- What drew you to this topic? These characters?
- What did the research process look like for you? (I know we did this together,but for someone outside the classroom, what did you find as you began the first stages of writing this scene - was it easy to find information? Was this information often biased? Was there primary source materials easily available? Did you feel like you got the whole picture from the main sources you used, or did you feel like information/people were left out?
- How did creating these characters and crafting this scene impact you? Did itchange the way you think about anything, force you to see a new point of view, inspire you, burden you, discourage you … ?
- Why does what you wrote matter? To you? To the world?
- What main point were you trying to make? Who did you want to impact?
- What might happen next? If this is relevant, where does the the rest of the play go,or if you wished you had a way to skip through time what would you want the reader to know happens?
- Are there any controversies you want to address? Things you may have left out,realities you may have tweaked, or potentially controversial choices you made that you want to explain?
