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: Develop a "high concept" that dramatizes your theme. Plot : Construct a bare-bones beginning, middle, and end.

: Create characters as symbols for your theme before fully fleshing them out. Musical

: Once the story beats are set, determine where music is needed to advance the plot or heighten emotion. Opening numbers are often written last because they must establish the entire show's tone and theme. : Develop a "high concept" that dramatizes your theme