How to Write a Radio Serial Drama for Social Development- PDF

208 Chapter Thirteen: The Value of Editing
Konoweeka Page 9 of 10
Episode #8 Draft: #11
Writer: Kiyingi October 1996
133. JOHN: And you expect this new wife also to give
you many children
134. SSEKA: (JUMPING IN) She is still very
young...She will be able to.
135. JOHN: Are you financially able to provide for all
these people adequately
136. SSEKA: I would advise you to direct the question
to the Lord. If it is his wish that my
children live, then they shall live.
137. JOHN: What I meant was, can you feed them,
clothe them, and educate them properly
138. SSEKA: Let me repeat what I said earlier, that it is
the Lord who can answer the question.
139. JOHN: The Lord created us all to be good and
useful people. Unfortunately, some of us
have different ideas. That is why some
people become thieves, others murderers.
140. SSEKA: Then, who creates the thieves and
murderers
141. JOHN: The people themselves, and this annoys
God very much, just as you are doing.
142. SSEKA: (DEFENSIVELY) How
143. JOHN: Producing a family which you cannot
support. It is like trying to get a harvest
out of an unplanned garden. You cannot
collect a good yield.
144. SSEKA: Who are you
145. JOHN: Just call me John. Having more children
than you can afford means you cannot
look after yourself or your wives properly.
It is like building a house without first
drawing a plan.
147. SSEKA: Stop beating about the bush and tell us
exactly what you want us to hear.
148. JOHN: Raising a family without using Family
Planning is like building a house without
a plan.
149. (EVERYONE LAUGHS)
150. SSEKA: Driver, stop the taxi!
151. ZAK: Is this where you are going
What action, if any, is developing in this scene
How realistic is Sseka’s reaction to John
Is there any predominant emotion developing in
this scene
What is the audience likely to see as the dramatic
conflict of this drama