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Thank you, Julia. I will keep in touch with you on the progress of my playwriting. You have given me more confidence and energy to go forward. Your amazing!

I’m entering into a 10-minute play competition. Thanks! This helps out very much!

Thank you for making this video. Did google update this b/c the the CTRL ] method for tabbing stage directions doesn't seem to be working.

Sweet! Thank you so much, Julia! Watching your tutorial, formatting is starting to make sense ;-)

great videos

Incredibly helpful video! I have been so used to writing in the Screenplay format using premade programs and was nervous to switch over/do the formatting by myself but you make it so seamless! Keep up the great work!

What format do you use for writing?

I focus on keeping my characters acting, acting, acting...

I'm using a macbook air 2023 and when using either the control ] or the command ] it doesn't stop the text from returning to the left indent? Not sure why this function isn't working?

THANK YOU SO MUCH! In theater I had a one act assignment and I couldn’t find the instructions and forgot how to format it because it’s a lot to remember and this video was so easy to follow and helpful! ♥️

then at 3:33 my docs doesn't have that little menu showing the numbers is there a way to make it display that?

i learned a lot. thanks!

hi, sorry I'm unfamiliar with this playwriting formatting cause in Italy we just have "write it however you like" LOL but I want to try to use this formatting anyway, and I see a lot of play scripts have the characters listed if not on the cover page on the page right after that, how does that work? Cause I think it's also useful for the actors to see the characters all listed on the front page (as an actor myself I find this extremely useful lol), any help?

I liked Pericles.

Do you have a good source for a play for one character?

Hi! Is that possible to write two stages directions in a dialogue? Is it correct?

Hi, your formatting tips are different from what Yale and the Dramatists Guild recommend. Also, where is your Dramatis Personae?

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Its rules are almost like screenwriting

Thank you. It would have been nice to have seen a sample of the script so that we know how to put what you have said on paper. Having said that, some great tips.

Hi Julia thanks for the info. A reminder to share the link to the blog you were going to recommend.

Excellent info right here and it took me too long to find it. Glad I did. Now lemme go check out all the rest you have. Cheers and thank you!!

Thankyou So Much! X x x x x

This is a wonderful video! Also, your voice kinda reminds me of Jenna Fischer -- it's even better because you [almost] share a last name

Much appreciated!! Thanks mucho

I can't help but wonder- how many young people will receive inspiration for future success, from this amazingly, humble, seasoned instructor! ( ***** star rating)

Always informative. Such meaty material! So encouraging, Julia. I feel so smart after watching one of your videos. Why is that?

Why aren't the views for Julia's videos skyrocketing? That's what I want to know. This is amazing material, so professionally presented! Kudos!!!!!!!!!!

Love how short and compact your posts are. Great work, Julia.

You're so kind, Julia! This is helping me out, more than you know. You're a Godsend!

I especially love the review. You must have a teaching background. Additionally, your lovely enthusiam is a confident builder. Thanks.

You are awesome. I love you and your posts! How did you get soooo smart!

So so so helpful, thank you!

Excellent

I love Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, but I quibble with the use of Maggie to info dump for twenty minutes in the first act. It helps that Maggie the Cat does this monologue in a slip while Brick is drinking and scowling the whole time. Am I wrong for thinking this? At least there was dramatic tension while it happened and we get to see an unhappy marriage. But Streetcar had more subtlety.

Outstanding

Please make more theater videos.

Brilliant

After you have written a stage direction, using the bracket method, how do you get back to the left alignment for new dialogue? Thank you for this!

@Juliamakestheatre. Hello. Great video. Do you have a video that teaches how to format the script so the characters' name will follow his/her dialog to the next page rather than hanging out by itself on the previous page? Sorry, if this is confusing. I wasn't sure how to describe the whole thing.

As a fiction writer new to play-writing I'm impressed by and grateful for your clear, flexible and encompassing approach. Thank you.

Sound advice.

Love the way you share your knowledge. Also, I was hoping to go to the writers blog you mention.

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Hi Julia, do you do script consultations?

Good tips, thanks! Julia, do you do script consultations?

I like to believe that my audience is smart and imaginative enough to fill in the empty parts. I love mystery and I love a distance between the audience and the backstory , plus there’s not enough time in a play to that! This ain’t a novel you’re writing!

Thank you so much for all the videos.

Rules to abide by - 1. 2-3 characters, or make sure the audience is getting enough time to get to know the characters, or the empathy is good enough. 2. Please dont have a narrator..or atleast try. 3. make sure that the setting changes are not quick or jarring..only when necessary 4. time lapses should be reasonable.

Thank you for taking the time to teach us playwriting. I appreciate your effort!