Write a dramatic monologue from the point of view of this fictional Balboa, expressing what he might have said aloud as he stood on the boulder surveying the Pacific Ocean. Monologue A monologue is a speech given by a single character in a play. The word is derived from the Greek-"mono" means "one," and "logos" means "speech." Typically, a monologue serves the purpose of having a character speak his or her thoughts aloud so that the audience and/or other characters can understand what the character is thinking. WRITING A MONOLOGUE Your character – the narrator · who is this character? · what is his/her background? · what is his/her state of mind? · why does he/she want to talk? The character’s story What is the story he/she has to tell? Such as · a crime committed by him/her · a crime committed against him/her · a betrayal · a secret · something that has changed his/her life Write down five details about this story that the character would think important. The situation Create a setting allowing the narrator character to tell that story. Such as, · a police interrogation room · an intensive care ward · a pub · an airplane · a hitch-hiker in a car Write down five details that would help the audience to picture this place. The listener To whom is the narrator's character telling his/her story? Such as, · policeman/psychiatrist · someone in intensive care/coma · a sympathetic drinking buddy · a fellow passenger · the driver of a car who has picked up a hitch-hiker Write down five details about this listener that will help the audience to picture him/her or become him/her. - Divide the story into sections - The most efficient way to do this in a very short story is by flashback technique: 1. start near the ending 2. go back and take us in stages through the build-up to the ending 3. return to the ending and finish it off with one of these possible endings: a) a revelation/decision b) a dilemma c) a sense of the inevitability that something will happen​