Playwriting Master Class: The Personality of Process and the Art of Rewriting - Softcover

Wright, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 158510342X ISBN 13: 9781585103423

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2010

Synopsis

Playwriting Master Class is a book about the process of playwriting for the active playwright, the evolution of the play as the playwright engages with it and the choices the playwright makes in creating the play. Through the use of a number of case studies of playwrights engaged in writing and rewriting plays, Michael Wright focuses on different individual approaches to their work, fostering their own unique visions and voices as a means of helping the working playwright find her or his own voice. From the various forms of inspiration, overcoming writing blocks, revising a manuscript, etc., this book provides the playwright with models to follow, new techniques to explore, or even mere confirmation in the many ways that playwrights tackle the tasks of creating a play.

About this title

About the Authors

Michael Wright is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Creative Writing at the University of Tulsa, and holds joint appointments in Theatre and Film Studies Departments. He is a playwright and author whose books include "Playwriting at Work and Play," "Playwriting in Process," "Playwriting Master Class."He is the founder and moderator of the Fictional Character Writers Collective in Tulsa and is the U.S. Representative to both World Interplay and the Inter-Scribe project in Australia, as well as Interplay Europe. His plays have been produced across the US and the world.

Michael Wright is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Creative Writing at the University of Tulsa, and holds joint appointments in Theatre and Film Studies Departments. He is a playwright and author whose books include "Playwriting at Work and Play," "Playwriting in Process," "Playwriting Master Class."He is the founder and moderator of the Fictional Character Writers Collective in Tulsa and is the U.S. Representative to both World Interplay and the Inter-Scribe project in Australia, as well as Interplay Europe. His plays have been produced across the US and the world.

From the Back Cover

There are any number of books on playwrighting which focus on the elements of a play, dramatic structure, character, etc., but this book by Michael Wright is unique in that it uncovers the various and often different processes that practicing playwrights use in wriitng and rewriting their plays. From the various forms of inspiration, overcoming writing blocks, revising a manuscript, etc., this book provides the playwright with models to follow, new techniques to explore, or even mere confirmation in the many ways that playwrights tackle the tasks of creating a play. The book is useful for courses in advanced playwrighting as well as for the practicing playwright who wants to understand their own processes as well as those of their fellow playwrights.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 158510342X
• ISBN 13: 9781585103423
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 340