写作前准备4(Prewriting)-----Role-play

Role-playing on Paper

这种写作策略又称为「纸上谈话」，当你使用此方式创作时，你扮演着自己和一虚构人物，你和他分别就自己的身份来对话，藉以从另一角度来细看问题，特别是反对意见方面，对你建立议题时有很大帮助。

例子：

The following is an example of role-playing on paper. May has a problem at her work. She has a conversation between herself and her supervisor, Julie.

May:    I feel a lot of workload recently. I have forced to work until 9pm and even Saturday.

Julie:  You understand that our company won't hire staffs this year.

May:      I know, but I still want to find a solution. For example, can somebody help me do the daily report so that I could focus on planning our latest projects?

Julie:    So, which one you think can do your report? I am afraid the other colleagues can't do it well as what you did before...

Practice：

Choose one of the following topics. Write any information that comes to your mind during the conversation. As a group or class, find a partner and do role-playing. You can decide which role you play and discuss the topic with your partner. Write down the dialogue and find out which information to keep or throw away.