Schematics of a Script

I am working on some graphs and charts for my dissertation. Some of you may be wondering how a theatre paper and schematics combine. To be honest, they probably won't combine very much. Most of the data and the graphs will be in an appendix to the actual body of the paper. But they'll be there! And they'll be relevant and helpful for anyone interested in accessing information about word counts and closing punctuation in Doubt, a parable.

And I won't stop there! I'm also planning to do schematics of the plot structure. Those will feature more prominently in the paper, but are still just part of the support for my larger argument.

I realize it might seem silly to go through all of this work when it isn't the explicit point of my research. But when part of my point is that this work can be helpful in analysis of a play and in mounting a production, it is a vital step in my process. Unfortunately, I haven't actually finished making my argument in my paper so I can't be any more helpful at the moment in explaining the connection. But I'll get there soon and then I can explain it, schematics and all.