Art of Dramatic Writing : Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives

English

ISBN: 0671213326

EAN: 9780671213329

Category: Performing Arts / Theater / Playwriting

Publisher: Touchstone

Release Date: 02/29/1972

Synopsis: Learn the basic techniques every successful playwright knowsAmong the many how-to playwriting books that have appeared over the years, there have been few that attempt to analyze the mysteries of play construction. Lajos Egris classic,The Art of Dramatic Writing,does just that, with instruction that can be applied equally well to a short story, novel, or screenplay.Examining a play from the inside out, Egri starts with the heart of any drama: its characters. All good dramatic writing hinges on people and their relationships, which serve to move the story forward and give it life, as well as an understanding of human motives -- why people act the way that they do. Using examples from everything from William ShakespearesRomeo and Julietto Henrik IbsensA Dolls House,Egri shows how it is essential for the author to have a basic premise -- a thesis, demonstrated in terms of human behavior -- and to develop the dramatic conflict on the basis of that behavior.Using Egris ABCs of premise, character, and conflict,The Art of Dramatic Writingis a direct, jargon-free approach to the problem of achieving truth in writing.

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Art of Dramatic Writing : Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives

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Format: Paperback

Height: 0.8 inches

Width: 5.34 inches

Length: 8.01 inches

Weight: 10.26 oz

Pages: 320