I had to write a monologue for drama. I course I wrote about what I love, Friends.

Before you read the monologue, these fundamental questions may help you understand the situation better. Enjoy!

Fundamental questions

1. Who am I?

Female. Age 26. Emma's father died when she was 13 of cancer. Due to the emotional and psychological impact of the death of a parent and having no friends, Emma now suffers from schizophrenia. She has delusions frequently due to not taking her prescribed medication. She believes her real friends are Rachel Green, Ross Gellar, Monica Gellar-Bing, Chandler Bing, Phoebe Buffay and Joey Tribiani from the television show F.R.I.E.N.D.S. She has been seeing this particular psychiatrist now for 2 years.

2. Where am I?

Takes place in the city. The monologue is set in a psychiatrist's office.

3. What time is it?

Takes place in the twenty-first century. It is mid May [winter] 2002. It is a Thursday. Shortly after the Friends episode 'The One where Rachel has a Baby' aired.
4. What do I need to overcome?

Emma needs to overcome

5. What surrounds me?

Emma is in the psychiatrist's office. During the monologue she is speaking solely to the psychiatrist. There is a window to her left and a small coffee table next to her chair. The office is very clean and smells of lavender scented air freshener. The office is several storeys up.

6. What are the given circumstances?

Emma suffers from schizophrenia. She has an appointment with her psychiatrist Dr Freud as usual. Throughout the monologue Emma changes emotion frequently.

7. What are my relationships?

Emma has been seeing the psychiatrist Dr Freud for two years now. He is beginning to understand Emma very well, and she trusts him and is comfortable telling him most things about her life – past and present. Emma gets increasingly annoyed and angry with the psychiatrist often, however the psychiatrist understands Emma's condition and is not affected by this irrational behaviour.

8. What is my objective?

To convince the psychiatrist that they are my friends and that they really do exist.

9. What is the obstacle?

The psychiatrist; he continues to tell Emma things which she doesn't want to hear or doesn't understand.

10. What is the action?

To explain and convince the psychiatrist that she is wrong.

11. What is my super-objective?

Emma's super-objective is to convince the psychiatrist that she is fine and doesn't need therapy.

12. What is my through-line of action?

Is to use examples to explain and convince the psychiatrist that the F.R.I.E.N.D.S. are real.

Monologue in next chapter…