The Playwright's Guidebook

The Playwright's Guidebook
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 393
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ISBN-10 : 9780571199914
ISBN-13 : 0571199917
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Book Synopsis The Playwright's Guidebook by : Stuart Spencer

Download or read book The Playwright's Guidebook written by Stuart Spencer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-03-29 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the more than ten years that Stuart Spencer has taught playwriting, he has struggled to find an effective handbook for his courses. Although most of the currently popular guides contain useful ideas, they all suffer from the same problems: poor organization; quirky, idiosyncratic advice; and abstract theorizing on the nature of art. As a result, they fail to offer any concrete information or useful guidelines on how to construct a well-written play. Out of frustration, Spencer wrote his own. The result, The Playwright's Guidebook, is a concise and engaging handbook full of the kind of wisdom that comes naturally with experience. Spencer presents a coherent way of thinking about playwriting that addresses the important principles of structure, includes invaluable writing exercises that build upon one another, explores the creative process, and troubleshoots recurrent problems that many playwrights face.


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