Character, Scene, and Story

New Tools from the Dramatic Writer's Companion

Will Dunne (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2017
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-39350-6 (ISBN)

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Will Dunne first brought the workshop experience down to the desk level with The Dramatic Writer's Companion, offering practical exercises to help playwrights and screenwriters work through the problems that arise in developing their scripts. Now writers looking to further enhance their storytelling process can turn to Character, Scene, and Story. Featuring forty-two new workshop-tested exercises, this sequel to The Dramatic Writer's Companion allows writers to dig deeper into their scripts by fleshing out images, exploring characters from an emotional perspective, tapping the power of color and sense memory to trigger ideas, and trying other visceral techniques. The guide also includes a troubleshooting section to help tackle problem scenes. Writers with scripts already in progress will find they can think deeper about their characters and stories. And those who are just beginning to write will find the guidance they need to discover their best starting point. The guide is filled with hundreds of examples, many of which have been developed as both plays and films.Character, Scene, and Story is fully aligned with the new edition of The Dramatic Writer's Companion, with cross-references between related exercises so that writers have the option to explore a given topic in more depth.
While both guides can stand alone, together they give writers more than one hundred tools to develop more vivid characters and craft stronger scripts.

Will Dunne is resident playwright and faculty member at Chicago Dramatists. He is the author of numerous plays and recipient of many writing awards and honors. Another of his books, The Architecture of Story: A Technical Guide for the Dramatic Writer, is also available from the University of Chicago Press.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.10.2017
Reihe/Serie	Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing
Sprache	englisch
Maße	15 x 23 mm
Gewicht	397 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-226-39350-X / 022639350X
ISBN-13	978-0-226-39350-6 / 9780226393506
Zustand	Neuware