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Art Of Dramatic Writing

Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives

By Lajos Egri

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Learn the basic techniques every successful playwright knows

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, The Art of Dramatic Writing, does justContinue

Learn the basic techniques every successful playwright knows

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, The Art of Dramatic Writing, 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.

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  • When I'm writing I must be alone. If I have eight characters of a drama to do with, I have society enough. I must learn to konw them and this process is slow and painful.

    Ad oggi il libro di creative writing più ricco e denso che abbia studiato.
    Affronta i temi del personaggio, la sua tridimensionalità, la sua crescita, la sua forza di volontà. Molto interessante l'indagine sull'orchestrazione dei personaggio, la "premise" e l'unità degli opposti. Uno dei temi centr ... (continue)

    Ad oggi il libro di creative writing più ricco e denso che abbia studiato.
    Affronta i temi del personaggio, la sua tridimensionalità, la sua crescita, la sua forza di volontà. Molto interessante l'indagine sull'orchestrazione dei personaggio, la "premise" e l'unità degli opposti. Uno dei temi centrali è il conflitto, affrontato nella sua pienezza.

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    Nicoletta Banzi said on Mar 7, 2010 | Add your feedback

  • A must-have for people who try to write a play. Some very good advice, well explained, with good examples.

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    Sengaia said on Apr 27, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • a little bit disappointed, but it is okay...

    I don't see there is any significant point which could help you writing a scientific paper though, as alon suggested.

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    red said on Jul 8, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 320 Pages
  • Edition: Newly Rev. Ed
  • ISBN-10: 0671213326
  • ISBN-13: 9780671213329
  • Publisher: Touchstone
  • Pub date: Feb 15, 1972
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: eBook
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