Playwriting with purpose a guide and workbook for new playwrights / Jacqueline Goldfinger ; [foreword by Octavio Solis].

Author/creator Goldfinger, Jacqueline
Other author Solis, Octavio.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Description1 online resource
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Contents Introduction: Why are we here? -- Prologue: How this book works -- Creating compelling characters -- Writing electric dialogue and silent moments -- Environment & idea -- The "well-made play" (short & long form) -- Scene structure -- Monologue structure -- Thoughts on Aristotle's poetics -- Other structures -- Writing in 3-D for the living stage -- The limitless room -- The revision process -- Business of playwriting.
Abstract "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, offers active writing prompts, and provides concrete guidance for new and emerging playwrights. The author takes readers through the entire creative process, from creating characters and writing dialog and silent moments to analysing 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 theatre industry"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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Issued in other formPrint version: Goldfinger, Jacqueline. Playwriting with purpose New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022 9781032003801
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021007128
ISBN9781003173885 (ebook)
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