The Architecture of Story : A Technical Guide for the Dramatic Writer /

While successful plays tend to share certain storytelling elements, there is no single blueprint for how a play should be constructed. Instead, seasoned playwrights know how to select the right elements for their needs and organize them in a structure that best supports their particular story. Throu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunne, Will (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Colección:Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
Temas:
Drama - Technique.
Drama > Technique.
Playwriting.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
creative writing, english major, mfa, fiction writer, drama, guidebook, handbook, textbook, playwright, theatre, theater, theatrical, stage, screenplay, dramatist, workshop, academic, scholarly, advice, exercises, storytelling, scripts, title, rising action, climax, compare and contrast, emotions, interactive, genre, characters, characterization, framework, directions, quest, conflict, inciting event, mood, atmosphere, audience, protagonist.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • About This Guide
  • The Plays and Playwrights
  • Technical Considerations
  • Genre.
  • Style.
  • Dramatic. Focus
  • Rules of the Game.
  • Framework.
  • Stage Directions.
  • Other Script Elements.
  • The Big Picture
  • Title.
  • Characters.
  • Offstage Population.
  • Plot.
  • Character Arcs.
  • Story Arc and Main Event.
  • Subject and Theme.
  • Dialogue.
  • Visual Imagery.
  • World of the Characters
  • Physical Realm.
  • Emotional Environment.
  • Social Context.
  • Laws and Customs.
  • Economics.
  • Power Structure.
  • Spiritual Realm.
  • Backstory.
  • Steps of the Journey
  • Point of Attack.
  • Inciting Event and Quest.
  • Central Conflict.
  • What's at Stake.
  • Strategies and Tactics.
  • Pointers and Plants.
  • Reversals.
  • Crisis Decision.
  • Climax and Resolution.
  • Acknowledgments

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