The document provides guidance for writing a monologue by suggesting focusing on an authentic confessional tone that reveals a character's inner turmoil and thoughts on dilemmas or difficult decisions they face. It then gives potential topics a character might discuss, including being unhappy in their current life and marriage, opinions on others on the ranch including feelings of loneliness as the only woman, and suspicions about two new men arriving together.

1. Which character are you going to write a monologue for?

2. Think about the following to
make you monologue authentic:

3. *
*Confessional tone
*Dilemma or difficult
decisions
*Shows inner turmoil of
character
*Reveals inner thoughts on
a range of topics

4. *
*Should I stay or should I go? Not happy with life
*Curley aint a nice fella … why I married Curley
*Being in the movies! Meeting the Hollywood guy, not getting
the letter, mom stole it!
*Life on the ranch, opinions on the other guys – Candy, Crooks
etc – being called a tart, nobody wanting to talk to her, her
loneliness – being the only girl on the ranch, looking after her
appearance – why is this?
*Opinions on the two new guys – men never go around in pairs,
what’s up with that??