Long-hand

As to why it's called "long-hand" I have no idea.  Entomology has never really been something I've wanted to pursue.  This is rather about something that I've always been told and chosen to ignore.  Therefore, I will start with an apology to Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Dehel, and Mrs. Gott.

They told me that doing actual prewriting can make a paper ten times more organized and might actually earn me an A in the class.  I ignored that and earned B's in high school English classes.  I then go to college and it's more-or-less the same thing, but now it's my major.

Here I am now, struggling to complete my first full-length play - as in something that should be around 100 pages of text.  I'm on page 16 and I've realized that I have no idea where this thing is going.  So what's a boy to do?  Pre-write.  Completely.  Essentially writing the story before actually writing the story.  Not just figuring out the characters or writing out a dramatic premise, the whole thing.  Scene by scene.  The way I like to do this is - well - long-hand.