THE HAIKU : Finally, here is an exercise that you can use at any stage of the writing process, but which is particularly useful when you are working on draft two. This is when – as we have seen – you want to be clear on the follow- ing points: what is the scene, act or play really about, really saying, really doing? What is the heart and essence of it?

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There are also categories of plays that are culturally specific in their form and content. Some of them are very local, and are a shorthand acknowledgement of a type of play that comes out of a certain geography or climate. Again, it may be useful to consider if your own play draws upon or resonates with any of these, or any other categories you might add to the ones I suggest here.