So You Want to be a Playwright?: How to Write a Play and Get it ProducedPlaywright and former literary manager Tim Fountain guides the budding playwright over the many hurdles involved in getting a play on stage--from finding a story that only you know, through the detailed construction of the play, and on to the strategies you can use to get it on stage. |
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The Story Only You Know | 1 |
Storytelling | 9 |
Definitions | 10 |
Character and inner conflict | 12 |
What kind of play do you want to write? | 22 |
Inspirations | 30 |
Considerations | 32 |
Preparations | 37 |
The third draft | 72 |
What next? | 75 |
Sending out your play | 79 |
Youre on | 84 |
Getting an agent | 85 |
Getting a publisher | 87 |
Production team | 88 |
Publicity | 92 |
Keep your head | 47 |
Keep on keeping on | 48 |
Getting stuck | 49 |
Some questions | 51 |
Some vital elements | 56 |
The first draft | 62 |
The second draft | 70 |
Rehearsals | 96 |
Performances | 102 |
Your plays future | 107 |
Your future | 108 |
Afterword | 111 |
Appendixes | 115 |
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Bibliografisk information
| Titel | So You Want to be a Playwright?: How to Write a Play and Get it Produced So You Want To Be...? career guides So you want to be series |
| Författare | Tim Fountain |
| Utgåva | nytryck |
| Utgivare | Nick Hern Books, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1854597167, 9781854597168 |
| Längd | 132 sidor |
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