Monologue Exercise: Monologues come from a character’s deeply felt need to say something, to reveal something about themselves. Characters at a turning point need to tell people what brought them there. The character may be explaining himself, confessing, deceiving, winning someone over, figuring out something, building up courage, or coming up with a plan. What does your character really need to tell? Your monologue can take the form of a memory, a dream, a confession, a revelation, a plan, a philosophy or a story. Think about what you learned about your character that you hadn’t known before you wrote your monologue. Think about how this new knowledge ma teach you to sharpen the action.