The Playwright's Guidebook: An Insightful Primer on the Art of Dramatic Writing [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

Spencer, Stuart

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ISBN 10: 0571199917 ISBN 13: 9780571199914

Casa editrice: FSG Adult, 2002

Riassunto

An accessible, contemporary guide to the art of dramatic writing

During the ten years that Stuart Spencer has taught playwriting, he has struggled to find an effective playwriting handbook for his courses. Although most of the currently popular handbooks have good ideas in them, they all suffer from the same problems: they're poorly organized; are composed mostly of quirky, idiosyncratic advice on how specific playwrights have gone about writing their own work; and are full of abstract theorizing on the nature of art. As a result, they fail to offer any concrete information on how to construct a well-written play or any useful guidelines and exercises. Moreover, few of these books are actually written by working playwrights. Out of frustration, Spencer wrote his own book. The result, The Playwright's Guidebook, is a clear, concise, and engaging handbook. Spencer addresses the important principles of structure, includes insightful writing exercises that build upon one another, explores the creative process, and troubleshoots recurrent problems that playwrights actually face.

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Descrizione del libro:

The Playwright's Guidebook, by Stuart Spencer, is a concise and engaging handbook full of the kind of wisdom that comes naturally with experience, presenting a coherant way of thinking about playwriting and including invaluable writing exercises.

L'autore:

Stuart Spencer's most recent play, Resident Alien, has been produced around the country and been optioned for film. He teaches playwriting at Sarah Lawrence College.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: FSG Adult
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0571199917
• ISBN 13: 9780571199914
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 394