This can be your practice script, to memorize, to put on note cards, or to do whatever else you're going to do for your performance.
Performances can take many different forms.
Your character might be delivering a lecture or a speech, might be submitting to an interview, might be reminiscing with friends or family, might be composing a letter, might be delivering a monologue while pacing a room. Each form has its own dramatic shape, and its own sense of audience. Both form and audience are very important for you to keep in mind. As you research and write, keep the following in mind. The audience, the task at hand, the place and time era.