The Playwright's Workout: Exercises for the Dramatic Imagination

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Author: Michael Bigelow Dixon

ISBN-10: 1575256177

ISBN-13: 9781575256177

Category: Playwriting

This collection of exercises is designed to build creative muscle in students of playwriting and will prove useful as well to working dramatists who want to build their skills while stretching their imaginative powers. Contributed by some of America's foremost playwrights and playwriting teachers, these varied and inventive exercises offer new sources for dramatic inspiration, provide ways to embolden dramatic action, and encourage experimentation with the basic elements of playwriting. \ The...

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This collection of exercises is designed to build creative muscle in students of playwriting and will prove useful as well to working dramatists who want to build their skills while stretching their imaginative powers. Contributed by some of America's foremost playwrights and playwriting teachers, these varied and inventive exercises offer new sources for dramatic inspiration, provide ways to embolden dramatic action, and encourage experimentation with the basic elements of playwriting. The thirty contributors include:Sarah RuhlCraig LucasEmily MannEllen McLaughlinJon JoryKia CorthronSteven DietzWhile most playwriting guides introduce students to basic concepts and practices, The Playwright's Workout offers a range of imaginative prompts to the creative act of playwriting.