Writing your first play
Writing Your First Play provides the beginning playwright with the tools and motivation to tell a story through dramatic form. Based in a series of exercises which gradually grow more complex, the books helps the reader to understand the basic elements of drama, conflict, and action. The exercises h...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Focal Press, an imprint of Elsevier
c1998.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628338806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Writing Your First Play; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword Phoef Sutton; Preface; Introduction; 1. Action; Dramatic Action Provokes Questions; Dramatic Action Employs Verbs; Exercise 1.1; EvaIuation; Example: A Man in a Bus Terminal; EvaIuation; Where Ideas Come From; 2.Direct Conflict; Obstacles and Conflict; Outcomes; Stage Terminology; Exercise 2.1; Example: Who's Selling Out Now?; Example: Absolutely Nothing; Evaluation; 3.Character; Character vs. Action; Example: A Woman At Christmas; Exercise 3.1; Example: Big Brother; ExampIe: Conversation; Evaluation; 4.Dialogue
- Exposition and ""Chunking""Clichés; Exercise 4.1; Adverb Disease; Example: Good Idea, If It Works; EvaIuation; 5.Three-Character Conflict; Three in a Room; Dramatic Irony and Love Triangles; Exercise 5.1; Example: Break; EvaIuation; Example: Nibbles; Evaluation; 6.Writing From Life; Emotional Connections and Hazards; Exercise 6.1; Example: Cliché; EvaIuation; Example: The Donut Shop; EvaIuation; 7.Writing From a Source; Dangers of Fact; Exercise 7.1; ExampIe: Abracapocus; EvaIuation; ExampIe: Unattainable; EvaIuation; 8.Expanding Your Skills; Spontaneous Composition; Exercise 8.1
- Example: Get a LifeProblem Solving: People, Places, and Props; Exercise 8.2; Location, Location, Location!; Exercise 8.3; Words, Words, Words; Exercise 8.4; Questions; Exercise 8.5; Live Theater; Exercise 8.6; AnimaIs; Exercise 8.7; 9.Writing Your Play; Why Now?; Style; Exercise 9.1; Example: Cable Man; Evaluation; 10.Marketing Your Play; Format; Productions, Agents, and Contracts; Contests; Retreats, Residencies, Seminars, and the Web; Play-Leasing Companies and Publishers; Writing Your Second Play; Appendix: Classroom Procedures; Bibliography; Index
