Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing
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About This Guide; Exercises at a Glance; Developing your character; Causing a scene; Building your story; Fixing common script problems; Glossary; Acknowledgments.
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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 writers explore their own ideas in order to develop the script in front of them. No ordinary guide to plotting, this handbook starts with the principle that character is key. "The character is not something added to the scene or to the story," writes author Will Dunne. "Rather, the character is the scene. The character is the story." Having spent decades working with dramatists to refine and expand their.
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Dramatic writer's companion.
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Authorship, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Drama-- Technique, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Motion picture authorship, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Playwriting, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Authorship.
Drama-- Technique.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Composition & Creative Writing.