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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The dramatic writer's companion The dramatic writer's companion Will Dunne Moss Hart once said that you never really learn how to write a play; you only learn how to write this play. Crafted with that adage in mind, The Dramatic Writer's Companion is designed to help writer… OL13691772W
Conversations with Miller Conversations with Miller Mel Gussow "Conversations with Miller offers a personal and revealing account of one of the major playwrights of our time in deep and candid conversation with Mel Gussov. In this series of interviews taking pla… OL14871438W
The secret life of plays The secret life of plays Steve Waters Acclaimed dramatist and teacher Steve Waters takes the reader through the key elements of dramatic writing - scenes, acts, time, space, characters, language and images - to show how plays are more th… OL15931961W
Picture yourself writing drama Picture yourself writing drama Barbara A. Tyler "Useful tips and writing prompts show young writers how to use images to inspire drama writing"--Provided by publisher. OL16261225W
Playwriting for dummies Playwriting for dummies Angelo Parra From crystallizing story ideas to marketing and financing your project, there are plenty of ins and outs that every aspiring playwright needs to know. OL16591501W
Dialogue Dialogue Robert McKee From the author of *Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting* comes a new work on how to write dialogue for fiction writers. McKee brings his vast knowledge and puts it … OL17366150W
Writing and staging plays based on myths and legends Writing and staging plays based on myths and legends Charlotte Guillain 1 volume : OL22318409W
The transparency of the text The transparency of the text Donia Mounsef,Josette Féral This volume is broken down into three parts. The first is called 'Avant and Après Garde', the second '(Under)writing the Stage' and the third 'Disputed Textualities'. OL24856499W
Putting on a play Putting on a play Bentley, Nancy. A step-by-step guide for the playwright including suggestions for finding a story, writing a script, producing a play, and performing it on stage. Includes sample plays. OL2736093W
International women playwrights International women playwrights International Women Playwrights Conference (1st 1988 Buffalo, N.Y.) xxii, 287 p. ; 23 cm OL3948872W
La bête La bête David Hirson "Here, collected for the first time, are David Hirson's audacious, famously controversial plays, La Bete and Wrong Mountain. Hirson stunned Broadway with these wickedly subversive, dazzlingly literat… OL4076108W
Developing story ideas Developing story ideas Michael Rabiger Developing Story Ideas offers students and other young artists a spectrum of resources and a structure of writing practice so that anyone can quickly and reliably generate a wide variety of stories i… OL499970W
To be a playwright To be a playwright Janet Neipris Chair of the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Dramatic Writing Program and mentor to such theatre figures as Neil LaBute, Kenneth Lonergan, Doug Wright, and George Wolfe, Janet Neipris… OL5830764W
The playwright's guidebook The playwright's guidebook Spencer, Stuart "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 usefu… OL6213086W
Writing Dialogue for Scripts Writing Dialogue for Scripts Rib Davis "A good story will be let down by bad dialogue. Writing Dialogue for Scripts provides expert insight into how dialogue works, what to look out for in everyday speech, and how to use dialogue effectiv… OL8355189W