Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The twelve habits of successful playwrights -- A room of your own -- Fifty questions to ask when writing a play -- Character -- Dialogue: the ways our characters speak to us -- Location: passports to playwrighting -- Endings -- Rewriting -- Journals -- The making of a play: "a small delegation" from Beijing to home -- Adapting from fact and fiction -- The do's and don'ts of playwriting: what I know to be true -- Critics -- The education of a playwright -- What they told me: advice on writing and other vices -- To be a playwright.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Comprising the finest of successful playwright Janet Neipris's lectures on the subject of writing successful plays, 'To Be a Playwright' speaks to the needs of emerging playwrights and teachers as it covers the need-to-know basics and key issues involved in writing plays.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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Title
To be a playwright.
International Standard Book Number
9780878301874
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Drama-- Technique.
Playwriting.
Création dramatique.
Théâtre (Genre littéraire)-- Technique.
Drama-- Technique.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Composition & Creative Writing.