The playwright's guidebook, Stuart Spencer
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The playwright's guidebook, Stuart Spencer
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The playwright's guidebook
Nature of contents
bibliography
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47696347
Responsibility statement
Stuart Spencer
Table Of Contents
Introduction: how we tell stories -- Part One. Structure. Prologue. The tools. What is structure? -- Action -- Exercise I: the action scene -- Motivation and subtext -- Conflict -- Exercise 2: the conflict scene -- High stakes and high hopes -- Event -- Exercise 3: The event scene -- Beats, scenes, acts -- Exercise 4: the beat scene -- Part Two: the creative process -- Prologue. Dramatic elements -- Theater and drama -- Exercise 5 -- The impulse -- Exercise 6: writing from an image -- Character -- Exercise 7. The journey of the play -- Exercise 8. Part Three: dealing with problems -- Rewriting -- Exercise 9. Exposition -- Exercise 10 -- When all else fails -- (Things to try when you're stuck) -- Part Four: some advice -- General advice -- Exercise 11 -- Practical advicePart Five: appendixes
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