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The Art of Dramatic Writing is a concise guide to all forms of
creative writing, from premise to characters to plot.
Amid the hundreds of "how-to" books that have appeared in recent years, there have been very few which attempted to analyze the mysteries of play-construction. This book does that -- and its principles are so valid that they apply equally well to the short story, novel and screenplay. Lajos Egri examines a play from the inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its characters. For it is people -- their private natures and their inter-relationships -- that move a story and give it life. All good dramatic writing depends upon an understanding of human motives. Why do people act as they do? What forces transform a coward into a hero, a hero into a coward? What is it that Romeo does early in Shakespeare's play that makes his later suicide seem inevitable? Why must Nora leave her husband at the end of A Doll's House? These are a few of the fascinating problems which Egri analyzes. He shows how it is essential for the author to have a basic premise -- a thesis, demonstrated in terms of human behavior -- and to develop his dramatic conflict on the basis of that behavior. Premise, character, conflict: this is Egri's ABC. His book is a direct, jargon-free approach to the problem of achieving truth in a literary creation.
This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
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Amid the hundreds of "how-to" books that have appeared in recent
years, there have been very few which attempted to analyze the
mysteries of play-construction. This book does that - and its
principles are so valid that they apply equally well to the short
story, novel and screenplay. Lajos Egri examines a play from the
inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its characters.
For it is people - their private natures and their
inter-relationships - that move a story and give it life. All good
dramatic writing depends upon an understanding of human motives.
Why do people act as they do? What forces tranform a coward into a
hero, a hero into a coward? What is it that Romeo does early in
Shakespeare's play that makes his later suicide seem inevitable?
Why must Nora leave her husband at the end of A Doll's House? These
are a few of the fascinating problems which Egri analyzes. He shows
how it is essential for the author to have a basic premise - a
thesis, demonstrated in terms of human behavior - and to develop
his dramatic conflict on the basis of that behavior. Premise,
character, conflict: this is Egri's ABC. His book is a direct,
jargon-free approach to the problem of achieving truth in a
literary creation.
Amid the hundreds of "how-to" books that have appeared in recent
years, there have been very few which attempted to analyze the
mysteries of play-construction. This book does that - and its
principles are so valid that they apply equally well to the short
story, novel and screenplay. Lajos Egri examines a play from the
inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its characters.
For it is people - their private natures and their
inter-relationships - that move a story and give it life. All good
dramatic writing depends upon an understanding of human motives.
Why do people act as they do? What forces tranform a coward into a
hero, a hero into a coward? What is it that Romeo does early in
Shakespeare's play that makes his later suicide seem inevitable?
Why must Nora leave her husband at the end of A Doll's House? These
are a few of the fascinating problems which Egri analyzes. He shows
how it is essential for the author to have a basic premise - a
thesis, demonstrated in terms of human behavior - and to develop
his dramatic conflict on the basis of that behavior. Premise,
character, conflict: this is Egri's ABC. His book is a direct,
jargon-free approach to the problem of achieving truth in a
literary creation.
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