WRITE A PLAY

WRITE A PLAY

PLAYWRITING IS ABOUT TWO CHARACTERS

WHATEVER YOU SEE-WHATEVER YOU HEAR WRITE ABOUT IT

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SUFER TO WRITE.  IT'S A JOYFUL THING

WRITING IS PUTTING OUT OF YOUR BODY

ACTING IS PUTTING IT IN YOUR BODY

SOMETHING HUMAN ALWAYS GET A LAUGH

"SYBILS DESPAIR"

A SHORT PLAY
BY
BINA SHARIF

copyright:binasharif 2019

DYBIL IS GOING THROUGH LOTS OF DESPAIR ABOUT LOTS OF THINGS

HER EMOTIONS

HER WORK

HER HEALTH

HER WORK

HER DISSATISFACTION OVER LOTS OF THINGS...

SYBIL: A WRITER

I AM NOT A GROUP PERSON
THE GROUPS FOR ME IS TO SOCIALIZE
WRITING IS NOT SOCIALIZING
WRITING IS A SOLITARY EXPERIENCE
WRITING IS WORK
AND FOR THAT I HAVE TO BE ALONE...

I CAN'T WRITE WHEN SOME ONE TELLS ME, "OK, NOW BEGIN WRITING."

I FEEL FORCED
AND WHEN I FEEL FORCED
I CAN'T COME OUT WITH ANY KIND OF IMPULSE
ESPECIALLY A CREATIVE IMPULE
AND FOR ME ONLY THAT IMPULSE CARRIES ME THROUGH

WHEN I HAVE TO WRITE IN A WRITING WORKSHOP

I FEEL MY WRITING IS SUPERFICIAL
JUST WORDS ON THE PAPER WITHOUT MEANING, WITHOUT DEPTH
JUST WORDS TO FILL THE PAGE
TO PLEASE THE TEACHER....

IT'S NOT TE REAL EMOTION WHICH SUSTAINS ME...
AND IF I FIND MY OWN WRITING SHALLOW-EVERYONE ELSE SHALL FIND IT SO AS WELL

I NEED REAL PRIVACY TO WRITE
THAT'S WHY I AM NOT GOOD IN A CLASS ROOM
I HAVE NEVER TAKEN A WRITING CLASS

(TO THE TEACHER)
DO NOT TAKE IT PERSONALLY

TEACHER:

AND WHY NOT?

SYBIL:

ITS NOT ABOUT YOU, ITS ABOUT ME

TEACHER:  (offended)

OF COURSE ITS ABOUT ME

SYBIL

NO, NO.  ITS NOT ABOUT YOU

TEACHER:

YOU ARRE IMPLYING THAT I AM NO GOOD AS A TEACHER

SYBIL:
NO.  I AM CLEARLY IMPLYING THAT I AM NO GOOD IN A CLASS ROOM.  IN ANY CLAS ROOM, NOT ONLY YOUR CLASS ROOM...

TEACHER;

YOU ARE DISMISSED

SYBIL:

DISMISSED?

TEACHER:

YES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN MY CLASS

SYBIL:

ITS NOT YOUR CLASS ONLY...I WAS TALKING ABOUT ANY CLASS..I CAN'T WRITE
IN A CLASS ROOM...

TEACHER:

GET OUT...

SYBIL: