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The dramatic writer's companion : tools to develop characters, cause scenes, and build stories

Dunne, Will2017
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Will 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. No ordinary guide to plotting, this handbook centres on the principle that character is key.
Author:
Dunne, Will, author
Edition:
2nd edition.
Imprint:
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.©2017.
Collation:
xxv, 328 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"For playwrights and screenwriters" -- Cover.
Contents:
About this guideExercises at a glanceDeveloping your character. Stage 1: Fleshing out the bonesStage 2: Getting to know your character betterStage 3: Understanding who the character really isCausing a scene. Stage 1: Making things happenStage 2: Refining the actionStage 3: Refining the dialogueBuilding your story. Stage 1: Triggering the chain of eventsStage 2: Developing the throughlineStage 3: Seeing the big pictureFixing common Script ProblemsGlossaryAcknowledgments.
ISBN:
9780226494081 (paperback)
Dewey class:
808.2
Language:
English
BRN:
745277
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