Playwriting: The Structure of Action
This practical guide provides the principles of dramatic writing. Playwrights and screenwriters will discover these essential principles and acquire the tools to put them to use. Sam Smiley incorporates extensive new material in Playwriting: The Structure of Action, a revised edition of the book that dramatists in theatre and film have relied on for more than twenty-five years. No writer, director, critic, or teacher concerned with dramatic writing should be without this intelligent and...
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A classic guide to dramatic writing now revised and expanded for a new generation of playwrights and screenwriters
Pt. IThe playwright's solitary work1Vision32Finding and developing ideas203Drafting and revision41Pt. IIPrinciples of drama4Plot735Story1016Character1237Thought1518Diction1839Melody22610Spectacle25211A way of life285App. 1Manuscript format295App. 2Copyright protection308
