Architecture of Story - A Technical Guide for the Dramatic Writer

Informationen zum Autor Will Dunne is currently a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists, where he develops plays and teaches workshops. He also has led over fifteen hundred workshops through his San Francisco program, served as a dramaturg at the O'Neill, and twice attended the Australian National Playwrights Conference as guest instructor. His plays, which include How I Became an Interesting Person and Hotel Desperado , have been presented in Russia, Australia, and Croatia as well as in the US. Klappentext 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.

Product details

• Authors: Will Dunne, Dunne Will
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.2016
• EAN: 9780226181912
• ISBN: 978-0-226-18191-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Edi; Chicago Guides to Writing, Edi; Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing; Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing (CHUP)
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