Script for a radio show

By radio show, do you mean an interview between the DJ and the interviewee or a radio news broadcast?

She said I should do it as a debate

Ok... You should probably set it out with one (or more people) arguing why what happened to her is ridiculous, because she has the right to do what she wants, even comment saying that they might be racist for not letting her. Then have someone else arguing that it is not ridiculous and that the business was not out of line, and that she should be willing to adapt to get the job.

Does that help?

Yes thanks but I know for writing a script for drama you include stage directions is there anything like that for a radio script

Not particularly. The main stage directions you would do would be to say if they were saying it a particular way, as in angrily, shouting it, etc, as if you were writing a transcript.

Ok Thanks and one last thing is that I was thinking if for my charcters I do the following
1. The Lady arguing for herself
2. A manager from a comapny arguing for the image and repoutation of company.
Do you think it is good or not?

Yeah! That's a great idea, that way you can have both sides giving their opinions on the matter and the radio presenter can be like the neutral party who gives a verdict at the end, so to speak.

Nice one!

Thank you very much! Btw how long it should be as I am aiming for Band 4 atleast if not Band 5

That depends, how many marks are available to get?

It is creative writing which is usually 30 marks

Well, because you want to get both sides across, I would suggest 2-2 1/2 pages maximum. But it really depends on how much you have to get across and which side you feel more strongly for, as that is the one you will want more detail for.

Yeah Ok Thanks! I feel more confident now!

Good! I'm glad to hear it. Good Luck!

I just started writing a draft for my script and I just want to confirm if I should give the details of my characters int he beginning or not and even if I do, then how should I present it.

I would say to introduce them as part of it yes. Something like

DJ: "Today we have with us Ms______, who was turned down a job for her hair style, and Mr______ who was the one to turn her down,"

If you do it like that, you give the grounding for the characters and can develop them more throughout.

Ok Thanks and do you think that including things like in-cues, bumpers and billboards will help boost my mark?

Yeah, that would be good. I'm afraid i'm not too sure what you mean but I have a general idea of what they are.

Oh I jsut did some research and found out that these are things like coming up we have this show or we'll be back towith his segment after some reminders from our sponsers etc.