
Do your students want to write plays that will actually get produced? Or are you a budding young playwright yourself? Then meet your new best friend: Young Playwrights 101, now in a newly revised edition, is designed to guide young writers through the playwriting process, from initial idea to submission and beyond. A complete course in a book, it's organized in easy-to-follow lessons and filled with practical exercises designed to hone young writers' skills and get them writing better plays faster. Among the topics you'll find inside Young Playwrights 101: Creating Characters and Conflict, The Three Act Structure and its Alternatives, Choosing the Right Setting, The "Question" of the Play, How to Use an Outline, Handling Exposition, Using Punctuation to Write Better Dialogue, Beginning and Ending Your Play, Dealing with Writer's Block, Rewriting with The Writer's Web and the Troubleshooter's Checklist, How to Have a Useful Play Reading, The Playwright's Bill of Rights, A Suggested Reading List, Links to Young Playwrights Contests and much, much more...
Page Count:
162
Publication Date:
2017-01-01
ISBN-10:
1620887320
ISBN-13:
9781620887325
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