Drama exercises and discussion reflection

Today in class we did several drama exercises. They where supposed to give us ideas for our characters. Through these exercises, I realized several things. For instance, I realized that everyone in a scene has to match the theme of the scene or it seems awkward. I also learned that pure dialog or no dialog doesn’t work and a balance is needed. Though this hasn’t convinced me to change my characters, it has convinced me that I should reconsider the layout of our scenes. For example, the scene right before the battle of Chaeronea might be better if not on horseback. Also, all the battle scenes will need to have a fair amount of dialog, which might be a challenge. The discussions we had in class today will no doubt affect the novel in ways still unknown.