The dramatist´s toolkit : the craft of the working playwright /
Jeffrey Sweet.
- xiv, 162 páginas
1. Where playwrights come from -- 2. Starting principles -- 3. Negotiations -- 4. Structure -- 5. About characters -- 6. Roles in conflict -- 7. Exposition and expectations -- 8. Dialogue -- 9. Violating rituals -- 10. Musicals -- 11. Screenwriting -- 12. The right space -- 13. The literal and the metaphoric -- 14. Ethics -- 15. Learning experiences -- 16. Practical advice -- 17. Parting words.
In this informative guide, Sweet discusses such matters as: the building blocks of playwriting; how characters relate to one another; the differences and similarities between musicals and plays; and screenwriting vs. playwriting. --from publisher description