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    The Playwright's Process: Learning the Craft from Today's Leading Dramatists

    By Buzz Mclaughlin

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    Here is the first and only manual for playwrights ever designed to draw directly from the wisdom of leading contemporary dramatists. Interwoven with hundreds of quotations from the author's own in-depth interview series at the Dramatists Guild, in New York City, The Playwright's Process offers a fresh and lively discussion of the indispensable ingredients of strong dramatic writing. Every essential step the writer must take to create a well-written, stageworthy play is examined and explored.
     
    Also mining his own experience as a dramatist and a teacher of playwriting, author Buzz McLaughlin details the entire process of developing the kernel of an idea into a fully realized play—from the writer's very first jottings to the readings and workshops that lead to a professional production. Laying in the basic building blocks of dramatic structure, the exploration of character, the elements of good dialogue writing, and much, much more, McLaughlin reinforces every lesson with the words of:
     
    Edward Albee
    Lee Blessing
    Horton Foote
    Athol Fugard
    John Guare
    Tina Howe
    David Ives
    Romulus Linney
    Emily Mann
    Terrence McNally
    Arthur Miller
    Marsha Norman
    John Patrick Shanley
    Wendy Wasserstein
    Michael Weller
    Lanford Wilson
     
    A resource for beginning and experienced writers, The Playwright's Process is a virtual guided tour of the dramatist's challenging and often mysterious creative process, chock-full of specific techniques, practical exercises, and candid observations on craft and method straight from the mouths of working, award-winning playwrights. No book on playwriting has offered so much before, or in such an illuminating and integrated way.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateNov 23, 2011
    ISBN9780307799524
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