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With each exercise rooted in real-life issues from Dunne's workshops, readers of this companion will find the combined experiences of over 1500 workshops in a single guide. This second edition is fully aligned with a companion book, 'Character, Scene, and Story', which offers 42 additional activities to help writers more fully develop their scripts. The two books include cross-references between related exercises, though each volume can also stand alone. No ordinary guide to plotting, this handbook centres on the principle that character is key. 'The character is not something added to the scene or to the story', writes Dunne. 'Rather, the character is the scene. The character is the story'. With this new edition, Dunne's remarkable creative method will continue to be the go-to source for anyone hoping to take their story to the stage

This new book from the author of The Dramatic Writer's Companion approaches some of the same issues as its predecessor but from a slightly different angle. It offers playwrights, screenwriters, and other dramatic writers in-depth analysis of the dramatic architecture of three award-winning contemporary American plays: Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley, Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks, and The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl. Each relatively brief chapter is devoted to a specific story element--from "Characters" and "Main Event" to "Emotional Environment" and "Back Story"--with subsections that break down this element in each of the plays. Readers can choose to read across the chapters to follow the analysis of each play, but the structure gives primary emphasis to the story elements, comparing and contrasting how different writers have successfully handled them. Each chapter ends with a set of questions to help readers analyze and develop that element in their own work.

This book is a sequel to The Dramatic Writer's Companion by Will Dunne, master teacher of playwrights, screenwriters, and anyone working on dramatic scripts. Following the format of its predecessor, it is divided into three major sections on character, scene, and story and consists of more than 40 new workshop-tested exercises to help writers zero in on and solve specific problems in their scripts. The book is fully linked to The Dramatic Writer's Companion and allows readers to find related exercises of interest in that volume, though it can also be used as a stand-alone resource.

Książka jest wszechstronnym kompendium wiedzy praktycznej dla dramatopisarzy i scenarzystów. Zawiera ponad 60. unikalnych i przetestowanych przez Autora ćwiczeń warsztatowych z zakresu kreowania bohatera, budowania scen i rozwoju wydarzeń podczas pracy nad scenariuszem filmowym bądź fabułą dramatu. Korzystając ze swojego bogatego doświadczenia i niespotykanego wyczucia praktyki scenicznej, Autor proponuje ćwiczenia pobudzające wyobraźnię i kreatywność, a ich struktura sprawia, że stanowią niejako symulację prawdziwego warsztatu dramatopisarstwa. Z podręcznika można korzystać w dowolnej kolejności – ćwiczenia są od siebie niezależne, a czytelnik może pracować nad dowolnie wybranym zagadnieniem. Ćwiczenia zostały podzielone na trzy stopnie odpowiadające kolejnym etapom pracy nad tekstem, dodatkowo w każdym ćwiczeniu znajdziemy praktyczne wskazówki, sugestie i podsumowania. Książkę wzbogaca słownik najważniejszych terminów i opis 20 najczęstszych problemów towarzyszących pracy nad tekstem wraz z sugerowanymi sposobami ich rozwiązywania.