The Dramatic Writer S Companion

Author : Will Dunne
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780226494111

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The Dramatic Writer's Companion by Will Dunne Pdf

Spark your creativity, hone your writing, and improve your scripts with the self-contained character, scene, and story exercises found in this classic guide. Having spent decades working with dramatists to refine and expand their existing plays and screenplays, Dunne effortlessly blends condensed dramatic theory with specific action steps—over sixty workshop-tested exercises that can be adapted to virtually any individual writing process and dramatic script. Dunne’s in-depth method is both instinctual and intellectual, allowing writers to discover new actions for their characters and new directions for their stories. The exercises can be used by those just starting the writing process and by those who have scripts already in development. With each exercise rooted in real-life issues from Dunne’s workshops, readers of this companion will find the combined experiences of more than fifteen hundred workshops in a single guide. This second edition is fully aligned with a brand-new companion book, Character, Scene, and Story, which offers forty-two additional activities to help writers more fully develop their scripts. The two books include cross-references between related exercises, though each volume can also stand alone. No ordinary guide to plotting, this handbook centers on the principle that character is key. “The character is not something added to the scene or to the story,” writes Dunne. “Rather, the character is the scene. The character is the story.” With this new edition, Dunne’s remarkable creative method will continue to be the go-to source for anyone hoping to take their story to the stage. “Dunne mixes an artist’s imagination and intuition with a teacher’s knowledge of the craft of dramatic writing.” —May-Brit Akerholt, award-winning dramaturg

Author : Will Dunne
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226393506

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Character, Scene, and Story by Will Dunne Pdf

This book is a sequel to The Dramatic Writer’s Companion by Will Dunne, master teacher of playwrights, screenwriters, and anyone working on dramatic scripts. Following the format of its predecessor, it is divided into three major sections on character, scene, and story and consists of more than 40 new workshop-tested exercises to help writers zero in on and solve specific problems in their scripts. The book is fully linked to The Dramatic Writer’s Companion and allows readers to find related exercises of interest in that volume, though it can also be used as a stand-alone resource.

Author : Will Dunne
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226181912

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The Architecture of Story by Will Dunne Pdf

This new book from the author of The Dramatic Writer's Companion approaches some of the same issues as its predecessor but from a slightly different angle. It offers playwrights, screenwriters, and other dramatic writers in-depth analysis of the dramatic architecture of three award-winning contemporary American plays: Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley, Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks, and The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl. Each relatively brief chapter is devoted to a specific story element--from "Characters" and "Main Event" to "Emotional Environment" and "Back Story"--with subsections that break down this element in each of the plays. Readers can choose to read across the chapters to follow the analysis of each play, but the structure gives primary emphasis to the story elements, comparing and contrasting how different writers have successfully handled them. Each chapter ends with a set of questions to help readers analyze and develop that element in their own work.

Author : Will Dunne
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226182070

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The Architecture of Story by Will Dunne Pdf

“Together with The Dramatic Writer’s Companion, Dunne’s The Architecture of Story is part of the most thorough course in playwriting available in print.” —Art Borreca, head of Dramaturgy Program and co-head of Playwrights Workshop, the University of Iowa While successful plays tend to share certain storytelling elements, there is no single blueprint for how a play should be constructed. Instead, seasoned playwrights know how to select the right elements for their needs and organize them in a structure that best supports their particular story. Through his workshops and book The Dramatic Writer’s Companion, Will Dunne has helped thousands of writers develop successful scripts. Now, in The Architecture of Story, he helps writers master the building blocks of dramatic storytelling by analyzing a trio of award-winning contemporary American plays: Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley, Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks, and The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl. Dismantling the stories and examining key components from a technical perspective enables writers to approach their own work with an informed understanding of dramatic architecture. Each self-contained chapter focuses on one storytelling component, ranging from “Title” and “Main Event” to “Emotional Environment” and “Crisis Decision.” Dunne explores each component in detail, demonstrating how it has been successfully handled in each play and comparing and contrasting techniques. The chapters conclude with questions to help writers evaluate and improve their own scripts. The result is a nonlinear reference guide that lets writers work at their own pace and choose the topics that interest them as they develop new scripts. This flexible, interactive structure is designed to meet the needs of writers at all stages of writing and at all levels of experience.

Author : Carol Fisher Saller
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780226734101

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The Subversive Copy Editor by Carol Fisher Saller Pdf

Each year writers and editors submit over three thousand grammar and style questions to the Q&A page at The Chicago Manual of Style Online. Some are arcane, some simply hilarious—and one editor, Carol Fisher Saller, reads every single one of them. All too often she notes a classic author-editor standoff, wherein both parties refuse to compromise on the "rights" and "wrongs" of prose styling: "This author is giving me a fit." "I wish that I could just DEMAND the use of the serial comma at all times." "My author wants his preface to come at the end of the book. This just seems ridiculous to me. I mean, it’s not a post-face." In The Subversive Copy Editor, Saller casts aside this adversarial view and suggests new strategies for keeping the peace. Emphasizing habits of carefulness, transparency, and flexibility, she shows copy editors how to build an environment of trust and cooperation. One chapter takes on the difficult author; another speaks to writers themselves. Throughout, the focus is on serving the reader, even if it means breaking "rules" along the way. Saller’s own foibles and misadventures provide ample material: "I mess up all the time," she confesses. "It’s how I know things." Writers, Saller acknowledges, are only half the challenge, as copy editors can also make trouble for themselves. (Does any other book have an index entry that says "terrorists. See copy editors"?) The book includes helpful sections on e-mail etiquette, work-flow management, prioritizing, and organizing computer files. One chapter even addresses the special concerns of freelance editors. Saller’s emphasis on negotiation and flexibility will surprise many copy editors who have absorbed, along with the dos and don’ts of their stylebooks, an attitude that their way is the right way. In encouraging copy editors to banish their ignorance and disorganization, insecurities and compulsions, the Chicago Q&A presents itself as a kind of alter ego to the comparatively staid Manual of Style. In The Subversive Copy Editor, Saller continues her mission with audacity and good humor.

Author : James Rees
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101061556724

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The Dramatic Mirror, and Literary Companion by James Rees Pdf

Author : David Erskine Baker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1764
Category : Actors
ISBN : NYPL:33433074908009

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The Companion to the Play-house by David Erskine Baker Pdf

Author : Mary McAvoy,Peter O'Connor
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000536591

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The Routledge Companion to Drama in Education by Mary McAvoy,Peter O'Connor Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Drama in Education is a comprehensive reference guide to this unique performance discipline, focusing on its process-oriented theatrical techniques, engagement of a broad spectrum of learners, its historical roots as a field of inquiry and its transdisciplinary pedagogical practices. The book approaches drama in education (DE) from a wide range of perspectives, from leading scholars to teaching artists and school educators who specialise in DE teaching. It presents the central disciplinary conversations around key issues, including best practice in DE, aesthetics and artistry in teaching, the histories of DE, ideologies in drama and education, and concerns around access, inclusivity and justice. Including reflections, lesson plans, programme designs, case studies and provocations from scholars, educators and community arts workers, this is the most robust and comprehensive resource for those interested in DE’s past, present and future.

Author : E. E. Ottoman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798721528699

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The Companion by E. E. Ottoman Pdf

New York, 1948 After years of trying to break into New York City's literary scene, Madeline Slaughter is emotionally and physically exhausted. When a friend offers her a safe haven as the live-in companion to reclusive, bestselling novelist Victor Hallowell she jumps at the chance to escape the city. Madeline expects to find rest and quiet in the forests of Upstate New York. Instead, she finds Victor, handsome and intensely passionate, and Audrey Coffin, Victor's mysterious and beautiful neighbor. When Victor offers her a kiss and the promise of more Madeline allows herself to become entangled even as Audrey is also claiming her heart. The only problem is that Audrey and Victor are ex-lovers with plenty of baggage between them. As Madeline finds herself opening up and falling in love with both she starts to wonder, can there be a future for all three?

Author : Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Best books
ISBN : ONB:+Z201480608

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The Library Companion; Or, The Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library by Thomas Frognall Dibdin Pdf

Author : Katie Alender
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780399545931

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The Companion by Katie Alender Pdf

Winner of the Edgar Award for Young Adult Fiction! The other orphans say Margot is lucky. Lucky to survive the horrible accident that killed her family. Lucky to have her own room because she wakes up screaming every night. And finally, lucky to be chosen by a prestigious family to live at their remote country estate. But it wasn't luck that made the Suttons rescue Margot from her bleak existence at the group home. Margot was handpicked to be a companion to their silent, mysterious daughter, Agatha. At first, helping with Agatha--and getting to know her handsome younger brother--seems much better than the group home. But soon, the isolated house begins playing tricks on Margot’s mind, making her question everything she believes about the Suttons . . . and herself. Margot’s bad dreams may have stopped when she came to live with Agatha – but the real nightmare has just begun.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433000291389

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Catalogue of Printed Books by Anonim Pdf

Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : English literature
ISBN : UCAL:C2643726

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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum by British Museum. Department of Printed Books Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11455940

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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books by Anonim Pdf

Author : R. A. Salvatore
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786964352

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The Companions by R. A. Salvatore Pdf

A world-shaping event revives old favorites, introduces new complications—and moves hero Drizzt Do'Urden into a restored era of the Forgotten Realms Alone and with his fate hanging in the balance, Drizzt Do'Urden reflects on the lives of the trusted allies who stood by his side throughout his early life—the friends now known as the Companions of the Hall. Unbeknownst to him, the goddess Mielikki has given Bruenor, Catti-brie, Regis, and Wulfgar the chance to return to the world they left behind. Reborn as children but with their memories still intact, the friends must find a way back to one another—and to their lone Companion, Drizzt. Meanwhile, three seemingly unrelated commoners, growing up across the far reaches of the Forgotten Realms, display incredible feats of power. Against all odds, they hold the fate of Drizzt Do'Urden in their hands—a fate that is far from certain. For in the shadows, a cunning cabal of wizards is watching, intent on hunting the "Chosen" mortals who have been blessed by the gods. These wizards know something mere commoners do not: Long-forgotten gods have begun to stir. Long-lost lands have begun to tremble. The world around them is about to change—and these wizards will do whatever it takes to turn the coming chaos to their advantage. The Companions is the first book in the Sundering series and the twenty-seventh book in the Legend of Drizzt series.