The Playwright's Toolbox: Exercises from 56 Contemporary Dramatists on Designing

Description: Title: The Playwright's Toolbox: Exercises from 56 Contemporary Dramatists on Designing, Building, and Refurbishing Your Plays Author: Maxwell, Justin Publisher: Applause Books Binding: Paperback Pages: 300 Dimensions: 9.01h x 6.00w x 0.62d Product Weight: 0.89 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781493077823 To an unusual degree among writers, playwrights' creations are not simply words on a page. Instead, a well-wrought play is an intricate machine that will be used by directors, actors, designers, and other creators to bring a fully staged, real-time performance into the world. The construction and maintenance of that machine is the playwright's job, and it requires an array of complex, interconnected skills and techniques.Enter Justin Maxwell and The Playwright's Toolbox, a stimulating and wide-ranging resource for both beginning and experienced dramatists. It brings together invigorating, provocative, and irreverent exercises contributed by nearly 60 leading English-language playwrights, covering all stages of the writing process. It offers an accessible roadmap for those who have never written a play before, while providing new angles and solutions for seasoned writers struggling with a particular challenge. Covered here is everything fromgenerating ideas and world-building, through dialogue and plotting, to revision and the last steps before releasing a play into the world, making this an endlessly useful guide to building better plays. Authorized Dealer Ships Fast From The USA! Stock Photo- Actual Book Cover May Vary

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