Stage Writers Handbook: A Complete Business Guide for Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Librettists
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Stage Writers Handbook: A Complete Business Guide for Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Librettists
A left-brained book for right-brained people. Or maybe it's the other way around. Subtitled A Complete Business Guide for Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists, and Librettists, the book sets out clearly and straightforwardly what to expect, what your responsibilities are, what your rights are, how much to charge for your services and how to protect yourself as a professional theater writer today. It's all here: copyrights, agents, contracts, script approval, credits, royalties . . . all the stuff that could make you--or break you.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
The Nasty Truth:
One of the other reviews said it, unfortunately, well: the books of this type are nicely done and comprehensive in their way but you're fooling yourself if you really think these are going to help you get a play produced. And it's not just a matter of writing a good script; you'll never know because most of these markets will never even respond, no matter how carefully you adhere to their guidelines. I've submitted to the Victory Gardens Theatre multiple times - a theatre that proposes to advocate local... more info
Dated But Valuable:
This book is absolutely drop-dead necessary for playwrights who intend to work in the field--and for other writers, too. It includes scads of information you'll never get in any MFA program, like how to negotiate a good contract, how to decipher copyright law, how to divide billing fairly, and more. This is information you need, and information colleges and universities unfortunately don't get around to teaching.
This book is primarily focused on U.S. artistic business and law. If you live in another... more info
An Essential Reference for Any Serious Playwright:
Dana Singer's "Stage Writer's Handbook" is probably the most helpful overall resource I have purchased as a playwright. "The Dramatists Sourcebook" and Dramatists Guild publications are, of course, indispensable, but Singer's book helped me understand the business and legal side of pursuing a career in playwriting.
The book is well-written and very accessible to those less versed in legal jargon. I can't recommend this book enough!!
A Must Have:
Although one reviewer here bitterly insists that you must "know someone" in order to be published or produced, this is far from the case...as my own career attests! I was a complete newbie and managed to get published on the first try (and got reasonable pay, too).
But back to the book. It is invaluable. Period.
Here you'll learn everything you need to know about copyright, contracts, publishing and producing, and much, much more. If you want to be a working writer for the stage, you're gonna need this... more info
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