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To Be A Playwright Janet Neipris

To Be A Playwright By Janet Neipris

To Be A Playwright by Janet Neipris

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Originally published in 2005, To Be A Playwright is an insightful and detailed guide to the craft of playwriting. Part memoir and part how-to guide, this useful book outlines the tools and techniques necessary to the aspiring playwright.

To Be A Playwright Summary

To Be A Playwright by Janet Neipris

Originally published in 2005, To Be A Playwright is an insightful and detailed guide to the craft of playwriting. Part memoir and part how-to guide, this useful book outlines the tools and techniques necessary to the aspiring playwright. Comprised of a collection of memoirs and lectures which blend seamlessly to deliver a practical hands-on guide to playwriting, this book illuminates the elusive challenges confronting creators of dynamic expression and offers a roadmap to craft of playwrighting.

About Janet Neipris

Janet Neipris is an award-winning playwright and Professor of Dramatic Writing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Her previous publications include To Be a Playwright (Routledge, 2006), Natives (2011), Plays by Janet Neipris (2000), and the musical Jeremy and the Thinking Machine, with Barbara Greenberg (2005). Her plays and letters are in the Theatre collection of Harvard University's Houghton Library.

Table of Contents

1. The Twelve Habits of Successful Playwrights 2. A Room of Your Own 3. Fifty Questions to Ask When Writing A Play 4. Character 5. Dialogue: The Ways Our Characters Speak to Us 6. Location: Passports to Playwrighting 7. Endings 8. Rewriting 9. Journals 10. The Making of a Play: Small Delegation From Beijing to Home 11. Adapting From Fact and Fiction 12. The Do's and Don'ts of Playwriting: What I Know to be True 13. Critics 14. The Education of a Playwright 15. What They Told Me: Advice on Writing and Other Vices 16. To Be A Playwright 17. Notes Index

Additional information

GOR013865696
9780367183264
0367183269
To Be A Playwright by Janet Neipris
Janet Neipris
Routledge Revivals
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2019-02-21
268
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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