Art Of Dramatic Writing

Description

Among the many "how-to" playwriting books that have appeared over the years, there have been few that attempt to analyze the mysteries of play construction. Lajos Egri's classic does just that, with instruction that can be applied equally well to a short story, novel, or screenplay. Examining a play from the inside out, Egri starts with the heart of any drama: its characters. All good dramatic writing hinges on people and their relationships, which serve to move the story forward and give it life, as well as an understanding of human motives--why people act the way that they do. Using examples from everything from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to Henrik Ibsen's A Doll 's House, Egri shows how it is essential for the author to have a basic premise--a thesis, demonstrated in terms of human behavior--and to develop the dramatic conflict on the basis of that behavior. Using Egri's ABCs of premise, character, and conflict, The Art of Dramatic Writing is a direct, jargon-free approach to the problem of achieving truth in writing.--Back cover of paperback reprint.

First Sentence

A MAN sits in his workshop, busy with an invention of wheels and springs.

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Other Editions

• Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human MotivesPaperbackTouchstone1972-02-15
• How to write a playSimon and Schuster1942-01-01
• The art of dramatic writing;Simon and Schuster1946-01-01
• The art of dramatic writingSimon and Schuster1946-01-01
• The art of dramatic writingPitman1950-01-01
• The art of dramatic writingThe Writer1960-01-01