Playwriting with Purpose - A Guide and Workbook for New Playwrights (Paperback)

Playwriting with Purpose: A Guide and Workbook for New Playwrights provides a holistic approach to playwriting from an award-winning playwright and instructor. This book incorporates craft lessons by contemporary playwrights and provides concrete guidance for new and emerging playwrights. The author takes readers through the entire creative process, from creating characters and writing dialogue and silent moments to analyzing elements of well-made plays and creating an atmospheric environment. Each chapter is followed by writing prompts and pro tips that address unique facets of the conversation about the art and craft of playwriting. The book also includes information on the business of playwriting and a recommended reading list of published classic and contemporary plays, providing all the tools to successfully transform an idea into a script, and a script into a performance. Playwriting with Purpose gives writers and students of playwriting hands-on lessons, artistic concepts, and business savvy to succeed in today's theater industry.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Jacqueline Goldfinger
Foreword by:	Octavio Solis
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	168
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-200381-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Creative writing & creative writing guides Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Writing & editing guides > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
LSN:	1-03-200381-2
Barcode:	9781032003818

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