Playwriting with Purpose

A Guide and Workbook for Playwrights
2. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-82596-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 660 g

Playwriting with Purpose: A Guide and Workbook for New Playwrights, Second Edition provides a revised and greatly expanded holistic approach to playwriting from an award-winning playwright and professor.

This book incorporates craft lessons, scenes for study, and concrete guidance in both the art and business of playwriting. The author takes readers through the entire creative process, from creating characters and writing dialogue to revising and producing your play. Each chapter includes incisive craft lessons, provocative writing prompts, examples from plays, tips from working artists, reading recommendations, and more. Thoroughly revised, new features to this edition include:

- Vastly expanded sections on structure, world building, business of playwriting, writing for television and film, and more

- New writing exercises and pro tips from working playwrights in each chapter

- An exploration of art and craft through a new selection of international plays

- Shorter chapters with more subject headings to make it easier to find the exact craft lesson or writing prompt you want when you want it

Playwriting with Purpose gives writers and students the tools to succeed in today’s theater industry.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldfinger, Jacqueline

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theaterregie, Theaterproduktion
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theaterleitung, Theatermanagement
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: How This Works 1. Writing Warm Ups 2. Now and You 3. Character 4. Externalization 5. Monologue 6. Conflict & Action 7. Dialogue 8. Stage Directions 9. Exposition 10. Story & Plot 11. Play World 12. Theme & Idea 13. Point of View 14. Scenes 15. What’s in a Scene 16. Scene Length & Scope 17. Structure & the Dramatic Question 18. Five Popular Structures 19. Other Notes on Structure 20. Play Designations 21. Short Plays 22. Feedback & Collaboration 23. Revision 24. The Business of Playwriting 25. Writing for Film & TV 26. Extra Credit

Über Autor(innen)

Jacqueline Goldfinger is an award-winning playwright, dramaturg, and librettist. Her work has been produced around the world, including performances at The Kennedy Center, Sydney Opera House, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, École nationale de théâtre du Canada, BBC Radio 3, among others. As an educator, she has taught playwriting and dramaturgy at University of Pennsylvania (undergraduate), University of California, Davis (graduate), and others. She was the Guest Editor for the new play issue of the Journal of American Drama and Theatre. As a dramaturg, she has worked on new plays at La Jolla Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and others. For more information, visit www.jacquelinegoldfinger.com.