How do scripts generally show the personality traits of characters?

1. Space and time must be highly concentrated

Unlike novels and essays, which are not limited by time and space, scripts require time, characters, plots, and scenes to be highly concentrated within the scope of the stage. On a small stage, the performance of a few people can represent thousands of troops. A few laps can represent the journey across thousands of rivers and mountains. Changing the scene and characters can represent a new place or how many years have passed... … Thousands of miles apart, spanning several years, all can be displayed on the stage through scene and scene changes.

In scripts, "act" and "field" are usually used to represent paragraphs and plots. "Act" refers to a large paragraph of plot development. "A scene" can be divided into several scenes, and "a scene" refers to the plot that occurs in space or time in one scene. Scripts generally require that the length should not be too long, the characters should not be too many, and the scenes should not change too much. When adapting a short textbook play for beginners, it is best to write it into a short one-act play.

2. Contradictions that reflect real life must be sharp and prominent

All literary works must express social conflicts, while drama requires that the contradictions and conflicts reflected in limited space and time be more sharp and prominent. Because the literary form of drama was created to reflect the conflicts in real life, it is said that without conflicts, there would be no drama. And because the script is limited by length and performance time, the real life reflected in the plot must be condensed into conflicts suitable for stage performance.

The conflicts in the script are generally divided into four parts: occurrence, development, climax and ending. During the performance, the audience should be attracted from the moment the conflict occurs. When the conflict develops to its most intense point, it is called the climax. At this time, the plot is also the most attractive and exciting to the audience. The climax is also the "highlight" of script writing and stage performance. It is the most "vigorous" and requires the most effort.

3. The language of the script should express the character of the characters

The language of the script includes two aspects: lines and stage instructions

The language of the script is mainly lines. Lines are what the characters in the play say, including dialogue, monologue, and narration. A monologue is what a character in the play says when he expresses his personal emotions and desires alone; a narration is what a character in the play says to the audience from the side behind the other actors on the stage. The script mainly promotes the development of the plot and expresses the character of the characters through lines. Therefore, the language of the lines must be able to fully express the character's personality, identity, thoughts and feelings, be popular, natural, concise and clear, be colloquial, and be suitable for stage performance.

Stage instructions, also called stage cues, are an indispensable part of the script language and are some explanatory texts in the script. The stage description includes a list of characters in the play, the time and place where the plot takes place, costumes, props, scenery, and the characters' expressions, movements, entrances and exits, etc. These explanations play a certain role in characterizing the characters and promoting and developing the plot of the drama. This part of the language requires writing concisely, concisely, and clearly. This part of the content usually appears at the beginning of each act (field). The ending and the middle of the dialogue are usually enclosed in parentheses (square brackets or parentheses).