I didn t write a moosehead into this script . In other words, my feelings are perfectly normal. The best place to learn about writing for the theater is to actually go to the theater. Familiarize yourself with as many plays and styles as possible. It also helps to read scripts and study their structure.
Weak dialogue is the biggest mistake.
What they need to remember is that something that reads wonderfully on paper can sound stilted and unnatural when actually spoken out loud. They also commit the error of making all of their characters talk exactly like, whether they are English gentlemen, Southern floosies, young children or 1930 s gangsters. Following dialogue, the next biggest mistake is writing superfluous background information that is never conveyed through words or action. In addition to your 98 plays and musicals, you've also written over 150 magazine articles and 14 books, and you teach a screenwriting course. I m incredibly well organized.