Offers instruction tested in playwriting workshops, plus advice from famous dramatists on how to develop a play's initial idea, build plotting, and work through successive drafts.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
The Playwright's Process:
I started college to become a Drama Major, not knowing which part of the industry I would enjoy most but, I knew I would not enjoy being an actor
so after taking theatre appreciation I decided to try my hand at writing, and while my grammar may not be the best on earth if you've been reading this and grading me.
This book helped me understand the process of creating everything about my characters and how to fit them into the world I had created for them. Also what elements to work with first,... more info
Great book for beginning playwrights:
There are some good suggestions in this book. I used it to write plays for a playwriting class, and it was full of useful tips.
Sad day to receive this book,:
This book reached my door the day that playwright Wendy Wasserstein died so it was a bit ironic. Here I was ordering the book to write my first play. So far I have found this to be a helpful and entertaining book. Hopefully my play will someday appear in a future chapter.
Supplement to the Art of Dramatic Writing:
This book is full of quotes from leading dramatists, yes - which sometimes agree with McLaughlin's discussion of process, and sometimes hint that there's a lot more there. He is a very good writer, and can be persuasive in getting his point across, but the "process" he outlines is essentially an attempted refinement of Lajos Egri's The Art of Dramatic Writing - in other words, classical prescriptivism. I'm on the record, of course, for disagreeing with Egri - I don't believe that premise should be... more info
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