How not to write a play
Author | : Walter Boardman Kerr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : American drama |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Walter Boardman Kerr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : American drama |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Walter Kerr |
Publisher | : Dramatic Publishing |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : American drama |
ISBN | : 9780871293329 |
"Most young playwrights nowadays want to learn 'how to' write a play. This seems to me to be a mistake." Thus begins the first chapter of Walter Kerr's fascinating book on the art of playwriting. Taking an about-face look at the creative process, with chapters such as "How to Spoil a Good Story," Mr. Kerr leads us through the exciting and daring adventure of successfully bringing a play to fulfillment. "There is no point in pretending that this is not going to be an argumentative book or that overemphasis isn't going to crop up pretty frequently in the chapters that follow. The face of our theater is so familiar to us that we shall never see its features without blowing them up a bit, one by one. And it does seem to me that we had better do some arguing - quick." Walter Kerr, drama critic, playwright, teacher, director, and winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama Criticism, served as drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune and was chief critic for the Sunday New York Times until his retirement. -- from back cover
Author | : Walter Kerr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Authorship |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Raymond Hull |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jeffery Hatcher |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2000-03-01 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1599634430 |
Jeffrey Hatcher knows the nuts and bolts of writing for the theater. Here, he shares his views on it all--from building tension and plotting a scene, right down to moving a character from one side of the stage to the other. From crafting an intriguing beginning to delivering a satisfying ending. In Hatcher's one-on-one discussions with acclaimed American playwrights Lee Blessing, Marsha Norman and Jose Rivera, you'll find a wealth of practical advice, tricks of the trade and insight that will help you in your own creative efforts.
Author | : Thomas Stewart Denison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Playwriting |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Walter KERR (Writer of Plays.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Hal G. Vermes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 29 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Playwriting |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jonathan Charles Dorf |
Publisher | : Young Playwrights 101 |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1599710692 |
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS 101 is a complete playwriting course that uses easy-to-follow lessons and practical exercises to guide playwrights from idea through submission. While it was originally written with young playwrights and their teachers in mind, you dont have to be a student or drama teacher to benefit from YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS 101: no matter what your age or experience, if youre looking for detailed, no-nonsense advice about the craft and business of playwriting-and to write plays that will actually be produced-this is the resource for you. Here are just a few examples of topics youll find inside: Creating Characters Conflict Play Structure Choosing the Right Setting The "Question" of the Play How to Use an Outline Handling Exposition Using Punctuation to Write Better Dialogue Opening and Ending Your Play The Writing Process Dealing with Writer's Block Choosing the Best Title Recentering Your Play Rewriting Using the Expanded Writer's Web and Troubleshooter's Checklist How to Have a Useful Play Reading The Playwright's Bill of Rights and much, much more Whether youre writing your first play, want to brush up on your skills or are looking for that missing something in your writing, YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS 101 is the jumpstart you need to write plays that make it to the stage.
Author | : Marc Blake |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2011-09-23 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1408130890 |
The craft of sitcom is possibly the hardest of all screenwriting genres, demanding a complex set of skills. How NOT to Write a Sitcom is a troubleshooting guide aimed at both the novice and the practising sitcom writer. It illustrates and explains the many pitfalls in concept, characterisation, plotting and dramatic/comedic writing,which pepper the hundreds of scripts submitted every year. Each point is illustrated with an example of the error and each section contains practical suggestions and exercises for the writer to apply to their own writing. The book makes no assumption of the reader other than an interest in the form. It contains interviews with current producers as well as interviews with successful practioners of the craft. Marc Blake is a script consultant, writer and teacher of writing for sitcom. In this book he acts as a `script mechanic' for writers - stripping a sitcom down to its component parts, isolating the faults and fixing them. What script editors and producers are looking for are scripts that work. Naturally they want a genius in embryo, but above all they first want to see something that is roadworthy.