Date sent: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:05:51 CST Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I got this from another list that I am on. Even though it was written for > skit making, the same principles seem to apply to writing devotions and > stories. > > ************** > > From: "Tony Borders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Skit writing is like a sandwich. (Thanks to Tim Shirey for the great memory > verse sandwich ideas yesterday!) > Think of the theme you want to present. That is the meat of the sandwich. > You need a mood creator. If you want laughter start and end with something > funny. If you want contemplation, start and end with a thought provoking > statement or question. If you want to challenge, start and end with a > directive. This would be the bread of the sandwich. > Now add some lettuce, tomatoes, onions, etc. This gives a skit good taste! > Now add mustard, ketchup, seasoning. These are the little things that add no > �nutritional� value to the skit (they don�t teach anything) but they make it > taste even better! > Delivery: Is the sandwich hot? (Fast delivery) Cold? (Slow delivery) Extra > large? (Cut into pieces with a cliff hanger at the end of each segment.) > Finger sandwich? (Short. Understood in one bite.) Club sandwich? (More than > one theme layered on top of each other.) > Finally, when it�s all done, pretend that you are the customer eating the > sandwich. Is it obvious what type it is? (Is the theme obvious?) Is it the > best type of sandwich? (Should you heat up that cold sandwich?) > JUST AS IMPORTANT! What goes on the side? A pickle? This is a lesson that > is sour, meaning it teaches your theme by presenting the opposite. Example: > The story of a little boy who told a lie instead of a little boy who did > not. > Side dishes include: > Magic tricks > Balloon creations > Object lessons > Puppet skits > Songs > Mime > What goes BEST with your original sandwich? > The plate you serve it on is important too. This is the set. Paper plate > means that you have no set. China would mean that the set is extremely > important and needs special care. Decorated paper plate is probably the > best. That means that you dress up in costume but don�t need to decorate the > stage. Simple but relates to the theme and gets the message across. > > ****************** > In His Service, > Allen R. Cook - Cookie > Royal Rangers Senior Commander > Belton A/G -- Belton, Missouri > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web page: http:\\www.sound.net\~pabonim\index.htm > > ************ > Make money receiving emails - Free to join - $10 signup bonus! > > Click below to find out more! > > http://www.dollars4mail.com/ID=FMD-792 > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > _______ > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! > http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______ To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm or to unsubscribe without web access, send "unsubscribe rrgold" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To post to RangerNet, please join RangerNet first (go to http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm). You can then unsubscribe from RangerNet again if you want to go back to getting RRGold posts only.
