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Writing your first play

Hall, Roger A.

Writing your first play

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Writing your first playRoger A. Hall.
Author:	Hall, Roger A.
Published:	Boston :Focal Press,c1998.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 159 p.)
Subject:	Playwriting.
Online resource:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780240802909
ISBN:	9780240802909

Writing your first play
Hall, Roger A.

Writing your first play[electronic resource] /Roger A. Hall. - 2nd ed. - Boston :Focal Press,c1998. - 1 online resource (xviii, 159 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-154) and index.

Foreword* Preface* Introduction* Action* Direct Conflict* Character* Dialogue* Three-Character Conflict* Writing From Life* Writing From a Source* Expanding Your Skills* Writing Your Play* Marketing Your Play* Appendix: Classroom Procedures* Bibliography.

Writing Your First Play provides the beginning playwright with the tools and motivation to tell a story through dramatic form. Based in a series of exercises which gradually grow more complex, the books helps the reader to understand the basic elements of drama, conflict, and action. The exercises help the reader to become increasingly sophisticated in the use of dramatic formats, turning simple ideas into a viable play. Topics include: the role of action in drama; developing action and conflict to reveal character; writing powerful and persuasive dialog; writing from personal experience:pros and cons; how to begin the story and develop the storyline. This new edition is thoroughly updated and contains new examples based on contemporary plays. The author has added additional writing exercises and a new student-written one act play. It also contains a new chapter on how to sell your play once it is written. With examples based on student work, this text both inspires and educates the student and fledgling playwright, providing solid tools and techniques for the craft of writing a drama. Roger A. Hall, a professor of theatre at James Madison University, had taught playwriting for nearly 20 years. Many of his students have gone on to write for theatre, television, and the screen. He has written numerous plays and articles and has acted and directed extensively in the theatre. Explores all aspects of how to write a first play Examples are based on undergraduate level student work Thoroughly updated, including a new chapter on how to market your play once it is written.

ISBN: 9780240802909

Source: 92257:92256Elsevier Science & Technologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

205749
Playwriting.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN1661 / .H28 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 808.2

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