Building your play : theory and practice for the beginning playwright / David Rush.

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Rush, David, 1940-

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780809385829
0809385821
1280698055
9781280698057
9786613675019
6613675016

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Building your play.DDC classification:

808.2 22

LOC classification:

PN1661 .R87 2010eb

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Contents:

Fundamentals -- Is it a play? -- The four keys -- Goals -- Obstacles -- Strategies -- Putting them together -- Plot -- Miniplay -- Dramatic questions -- Some advanced tricks -- Pigeon sister -- Exposition pig -- Miscellaneous tricks -- Characterization -- Epilogue: revisions.

Summary: David Rush takes beginning playwrights through the first draft of a play and deep into the revision process. Drawing on examples from such classics as Othello and The Glass Menagerie, Rush provides detailed models for writers to evaluate their work for weaknesses and focus on the in-depth development of their plays. Rush encourages writers to make sure their plays are clear and focused. He shows how to keep plays dramatically compelling and offers ways to avoid common mistakes that make them dull, confusing, or ineffective. He then dist.

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David Rush takes beginning playwrights through the first draft of a play and deep into the revision process. Drawing on examples from such classics as Othello and The Glass Menagerie, Rush provides detailed models for writers to evaluate their work for weaknesses and focus on the in-depth development of their plays. Rush encourages writers to make sure their plays are clear and focused. He shows how to keep plays dramatically compelling and offers ways to avoid common mistakes that make them dull, confusing, or ineffective. He then dist.

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