The Art & Craft of Playwriting

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The Playwright Beginner's Bible.......2007-03-08

Keep re-reading it over and over again. Don't ever let it leave your bedside table. Written with razor sharp simplicity, organised ingeniously and written with a scholarly expertise.

If you're mired down in your own play, script, or novel.......2004-03-03

I checked this book out from the library, but now I must buy my own copy to keep. I've been having problems developing second act story complications without completely deconstructing my original set up and concept. The suggested techniques in this book of asking questions --somewhat like a reporter or investigator would in uncovering a life mystery-- to find the story are unique. I actually found myself with pen and paper WANTING to participate in the questions and exercises. No other manual has inspired me this way.

The Playwriting Text to Buy.......2004-02-19

Jeffrey Hatcher's book is not perfect, but that's not why I gave it five stars. Simply put, it's a good book to tell you the stuff you'll then learn on your own by trial and error.

No book can tell you how to write a play, this one included. Hatcher doesn't lead you on a step by step method, though he is a bit on the side of structure. For that reason alone, it's vastly superior to most other such works on the market. Add to this the relative lack of bias against particular works, authors, and style that Hatcher displays, and you've got a good beginning primer on the subject.

Hatcher's methods of developing story and characters are loose, but fairly effective, and his analysis of Aristotle's Poetics is far better than Louis Catron's or Lajos Egri's. But what really sets this one above are its lack of formula (yes, "formulaic" is a bad thing) and the fact that it doesn't tell you to write as polemic.

You'll learn the real stuff on your own, but Hatcher is a solid place to start.

Dramaturg says: one of the best around!.......2003-02-06

I work as a literary manager in a professional theatre with a strong new play development program-- working with playwrights is my life's work.

There are a lot of playwriting manuals out there, and I think this is one of the very best.

What's so great about it?

1) Hatcher is a well-known, prolific, successful professional playwright. His plays have been produced nationwide, including at my theatre (we're trying to commission him to write a new play for us right now)-- and he really knows what he's talking about. He's established professionally and his experience shows. (Two of my favorites of his: SOCKDOLOGY; SCOTLAND ROAD).

2) The book avoids the usual pitfall of playwriting books-- the methodical fallacy. That is, the fallacy that playwrights work from step a to step b. So that, once you lay out how a play's arc should work, all a playwright needs to do is plot it out, as if it's a budget on a spreadsheet-- without giving help to how to flesh out a character, how to make a scene interesting.

While Hatcher does suggest planning out the plot and writing linearly i (he may be the ONLY professional playwright I know who really does work from an outline; most writers, even the ones who write these how-tos, will confess that they often have a couple of scenes and maybe an ending-- more like a kamikaze mission than a planned road-trip), Hatcher also includes exercises and ideas at the end of every chapter.

These are GREAT generative devices! (Idea-boosters). He has great tips for improving dialogue, keeping a scene active, "raising the stakes"-- he doesn't just theorize, he gives hands-on exercises-- which work.

I taught playwriting at a small liberal arts college for the first time last spring, and I made this book a requirement. Because it covers all the basics of play structure and terminology without dwelling in them too much, so it didn't bore my acting students (who were already familiar with the term) and it didn't confuse my writing students (who knew about structure but were unfamiliar with theatrical specifics like "subtext").

I combined this book with Jeffrey Sweet's books and found that these, in combination with the tips my writer friends threw my way, really covered it all.

This book is a great resource, and I dip into it from time to time when I'm trying to figure out what to say to a playwright whose play isn't gelling but I'm not sure why.

Not to be missed by anyone aspiring to write plays, and a fun read for anyone who just enjoys knowing how playwrights work on their craft. Entertaining prose, full of examples, and an indispensable manual.

Wonderful blend of technical and artistic advice.......2000-11-27

Hatcher is, before anything else, a good playwright. He has recently premiered a couple of his works in my area, (WI) and both were unqualified triumphs. I say this simply because a number of the books out there concerning playwriting were written by people I've never heard of and who don't have a single play in production...anywhere.

Hatcher's book contains some great inspiration in the form of his own experiences as well as some very practical technical tips. But where this book excels is in the exercises he suggests and in the questions he asks the reader. Taken to heart they can lead a playwright to new discoveries about his/her own work, and that's the best lesson available.

Dramatist's Toolkit,The: The Craft of the Working Playwright
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A great text for your actual writing

for newcomers only

Give credit where credit is "do."

One of my favorite....

The Dramatist's Toolkit :The Craft of the Working Playwright

Dramatist's Toolkit,The: The Craft of the Working Playwright
Jeffrey Sweet
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In The Dramatist's Toolkit, playwright and Backstage columnist Jeff Sweet offers an intensive and practical guide to being a working playwright. In this informative guide, Sweet discusses such matters as:

The building blocks of playwriting
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and much more!

Jeff Sweet offers guidance for the beginning playwright and advice for the seasoned professional.

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A great text for your actual writing.......2004-03-17

Its brevity aside, the most striking feature of Jeffrey Sweet's The Dramatist's Toolkit is that it's not written like most playwriting texts. Instead of ponderously essaying Aristotle (though if you want a good analysis of Poetics, I'd recommend Hatcher's Art & Craft of Playwriting), Sweet cuts to the chase of negotiations and subtext. His is the only book on playwriting that I've ever seen to really get to the heart of creating scenes (and the better part of the book focuses on just this).

Because of this emphasis, this is not going to be the book you should refer to for structure; again, Hatcher is strong there, as is Gordon Farrell's Power of the Playwright's Vision (the only text I've seen to give numerous structural breakdowns). However, Sweet's advice - taken well, and with the usual pinch of salt - is very liberating to the writer who's been struggling against formulaic playwriting texts.

Sweet's book is worth its cover price based solely on its discussions of negotiations, which really are eye-openers as to how subtext really works. His section on exposition, with a discussion on high and low contexts, is likewise strong. The book is great as a reference while doing your actual writing, just to remind you of things you can really make work.

Now, Sweet's a bit brief (but powerful) in this book, but makes up for it in the sequel, Solving Your Script. The latter is a reinforcement of the ideas from The Dramatist's Toolkit, with enlightening, well annotated examples. Together, they make up a powerful combination addressing what is so rarely touched on in playwriting books: how to actually write powerful, subtle scenes. Combine them with a couple of good structural books like Hatcher or Farrell, and you've got a much better basis than most of the formulaic texts.

for newcomers only.......2004-03-09

This book is a fair introduction for a newcomer. But when I say newcomer, I mean a newcomer to writing, not to playwriting. For example, what writer experienced in any genre really needs to be told not to let a couple of long-married characters converse endlessly about facts that should be second nature to both of them? Of course, as Sweet points out, knowing something and doing it are different things. But how to *do* within the context of a play is exactly what "The Dramatist's Toolkit" doesn't reveal. Sweet correctly notes that a play is a very different artistic form than a novel. But having made this observation, he doesn't go much of anywhere with with it. Most of what he says about the craft of writing a play could also be applied to novel or short story writing. This includes his point about using physical objects to illustrate themes.

Fortunately, Sweet elaborates on the doing of playwriting in his fine book "Solving Your Script," so I'd recommend skipping "The Dramatist's Toolkit" and going directly to Sweet's second book.

It speaks loudly about "Solving Your Script" that I would recommend it, because I had serious trouble with the unblinkingly self-important tone of "The Dramatist's Toolkt." In his first chapter, for example, Sweet seems to assert that playwriting should be an actors-only club, because no one else could really understand the stage well enough to write for it. Short of revealing something about Sweet's background or loyalties, this assertion is useless. One buys a book on playwriting to receive the author's insights, not to be told to go home if one lacks those insights at the outset. Besides, Sweet's preference for actors as playwrights is just plain unsupportable. While he lists several great novelists that made lousy playwrights, he doesn't name a single great actor who made a good playwright. There have been some, but they are outnumbered by the great actors who stuck to acting, the art form they knew best. Remarkably, it is without a trace of irony that Sweet later complains that too many modern plays revolve around acting and show business. His proposed solution to this problem is laughably underwhelming: it is that actors should pick up a newspaper now and then so that they'll write better plays.

Sweet is undoubtedly a good playwright, but "The Dramatist Toolkit" provides scant evidence of his skills as a playwriting teacher. Sweet's insight about using physical objects to illustrate themes did seem powerful to me. A few more insights of this caliber might have made this into what I would consider a five star book.

Give credit where credit is "do.".......2003-12-30

My advice is to skip this book and go directly to Jeffrey Hatcher's or Louis Catron's, if you haven't already. Sweet's book is pretty obvious, conflict, writing from the heart, don't create a large cast because no one can afford to produce your work,etc., but what is irritating is his unctious style wherein he provides his views as though they were the most perspicacious and insightful renderings of the dramatic writer's craft, when all they are are basically common sense. Also, it would have been nice if he had cited the book "Backwards & Forwards" (1982) by David Ball, from which it seems he got some of his ideas. In fact, in Ball's introduction, he refers to the "playwright's toolbox." Mmmmmm!! Additionally, the author's championing of improv as a means to develop plays is a bit over the top. Just because it worked well at Second City to develop skits, it doesn't mean it will work in creating a finely crafted play. I don't know one distinguished playwright who uses improv to develop ideas; this method, in my view, usually leads to rather banal dramatic development and worse dialogue, for example, ok, you're a couple and are having a fight over having your mother-in-law over for dinner. Not much to work on as far as I'm concerned. Maybe this author uses improv to develop his plays, but the ones I've read that he's written are fairly mechanical and unoriginal. To whit, name one of his that is regularly produced in the regional theatres. Hmmmm! I'm sure the guy means well, and if he can make a living in theatre purveying this stuff, hat's off to him. But that doesn't mean it's a good book.

One of my favorite...........2001-10-25

...books on writing plays...this one, as well as "Backwards and Forwards," have changed me as a playwright. I still have a long way to go, but Mr. Sweet's book is an exceptional one in the field.

The Dramatist's Toolkit :The Craft of the Working Playwright.......2001-08-28

This book is wonderful. It distills so much that I wanted to know about theatre plays. But, the title should have been longer. It should have added "... and Working Actor". In addition to laying the clear foundation for writing / creating / improvising plays, Sweet also sets the stage for the actor. Basic principles are outlined with copious examples. And, it is easy to read. That's good because I started my second reading and am noticing that "basics" are set in a complex, inter-related text that reveals even more on this second reading. There's no other book like it. I highly recommend this book to anyone working in the theatre! (And, I am usually a harsh critic of books like this.)

Naked Playwriting: The Art, The Craft, And The Life Laid Bare

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A Well-Crafted Ship
Naked Playwriting
Naked Playwriting: The Art, The Craft, And The Life Laid Bare
This is a great book!
This Is A Great Playwriting Book!

Naked Playwriting: The Art, The Craft, And The Life Laid Bare
William Missouri Downs , and Robin U. Russin
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Naked Playwriting is a complete playwriting course—from developing a theme through plotting and structuring a play, developing characters, creating dialog, formatting the script, and applying methods that aid the actual writing and rewriting processes. Naked Playwriting also offers sound guidance on marketing and submitting play scripts for both contests and production, protecting one's copyright, and working with directors and theater companies.

Well-written, comprehensive, and filled with illustrative examples, Naked Playwriting includes both innovative and tried-and-true writing techniques, sage advice from veteran writers, a short study of the major schools of dramatic thought, and writing anecdotes. This one-of-a-kind playwriting book, which covers both the basics of playwriting and the practical advice on getting a play published and produced, will help both novices and working writers discover and improve their playwriting skills and see their plays performed on a stage.

Customer Reviews:

A Well-Crafted Ship.......2006-10-02

Okay, maybe its attractive title did draw this reader's attention to the book, but Naked Playwriting proves to be, as one other reviewer stated, not just a great one amidst so many How-To...books. Naked Playwriting is the best book I've read on writing, as well.

I finished this and thought (yes, exhilarated) that every writer could benefit from this one. No matter what genre. No matter what style. Naked Playwriting is, incredibly, written by two voices, Downs and Russin, and yet it speaks so fluently, so masterfully, and so concisely--with this humor throughout--that I just trusted these writers were actually writers from the first line.

That it speaks so smoothly to the reader, guides the reader, without pompous self-glorifying stories of their own past careers, speaks of the closeness these two writers stayed on course with the subject--and it speaks of the dedication to playwriting that Naked Playwriting follows.

A well-crafted ship is, as the authors describe, the beauty of a stage play, carefully crafted, going somewhere, with purpose, and capable of taking others along on a tremendous ride--that is what the great ones do--and that's what Downs and Russin have offered us.

Read this, then reread, and continue to reference it--Naked Playwriting will become a manual to hold onto.

Naked Playwriting.......2006-08-06

There is an entire industry in publishing books about writing. Writers, especially aspiring writers, are very insecure about their work, and seek reassurance that they're on the right track from others. Most of the books produced to ameliorate writers' self-doubt are crap. But I can say with confidence that Downs and Russin's NAKED PLAYWRITING is not only the best playwriting book I have ever read, it is the best book I have ever read on any kind of writing, from the beginning of the process to the end.

It's easy to talk about how to tell a good story, but how many books actually break down ideas point by point to determine which ones actually have a future? This one. Many would-be writing mentors talk about sitting down and writing, but how many have actually given instructions on how to create a style sheet on Microsoft Word so that you can create a perfectly formatted manuscript on your first try? This one. Everybody knows that the creative process isn't complete until the work is seen by an audience, but how many books demonstrate how to comparison-shop theatre companies, give you balanced pointers on how and when to get an agent, and show how to evaluate a contract to tell if it serves your interests? This one.

The light conversational tone that obtains through most of this book makes the information contained between the covers very approachable. The authors are aware that many of their readers will be beginning writers, but they also incorporate more intermediate and advanced information, so young writers can follow through to the end on what they've already begun. This book is not some compendium of lukewarm exhortations to write now and write more; it's an actual plan to turn your writing into a vocation and a life.

Young writers buy a lot of books to get them started on the art and the craft. This is one of the few books those writers will actually keep on their desks through the years as they write.

Naked Playwriting: The Art, The Craft, And The Life Laid Bare.......2006-03-19

This is an excellent book to get you on your way towards fulfilling your dream of writing plays.

This is a great book!.......2005-11-01

The authors have a great sense of humor and tons of information. There are a lot of books out there on playwriting but this one really opened my eyes. Naked is a good way to write.

This Is A Great Playwriting Book!.......2005-03-14

I've looked at lots of books on playwriting, but this one is different - It has real information. It's also clear and to the point. It's so honest it's inspirational.

The Playwright's Process: Learning the Craft from Today's Leading Dramatists

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Great book for beginning playwrights
Sad day to receive this book,
Supplement to the Art of Dramatic Writing
Pupils of Buzz
Terrific as classroom text

The Playwright's Process: Learning the Craft from Today's Leading Dramatists
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Great book for beginning playwrights.......2006-03-24

There are some good suggestions in this book. I used it to write plays for a playwriting class, and it was full of useful tips.

Sad day to receive this book,.......2006-02-18

This book reached my door the day that playwright Wendy Wasserstein died so it was a bit ironic. Here I was ordering the book to write my first play. So far I have found this to be a helpful and entertaining book. Hopefully my play will someday appear in a future chapter.

Supplement to the Art of Dramatic Writing.......2004-07-23

This book is full of quotes from leading dramatists, yes - which sometimes agree with McLaughlin's discussion of process, and sometimes hint that there's a lot more there. He is a very good writer, and can be persuasive in getting his point across, but the "process" he outlines is essentially an attempted refinement of Lajos Egri's The Art of Dramatic Writing - in other words, classical prescriptivism.

I'm on the record, of course, for disagreeing with Egri - I don't believe that premise should be central for your entire play, and I find Egri's method of three-dimensional character development by writing biographies to be tedious, boring, and inherently untheatrical. McLaughlin re-creates Egri's methods in a tone that is more accessible to the playwriting student of today, but he lacks Egri's penetrating analysis of conflict and takes Egri's tools out of their context, where the original presentation was superior if you happen to agree with the ideas.

It's worth talking about premise, since the matter is so controversial among playwriting texts. There are two points of view on the subject: premise is central to a good play, and theme arises from the play and should not be put first. Essentially, those who place premise first are realists, and tend to write plays in the realist vein. I am not a realist, though I recognize that excellent plays can be and have been written in that genre. If you want to write realist plays, this book works well as a supplement for Egri's Art of Dramatic Writing; it is not a functional substitute. If you don't, you should head to other texts, because this one is quite openly biased.

Still, McLaughlin has a couple of good points of view in the book for any playwright. His chapter on ideas is one of the better ones out there; if you need help on that area, this book might be worth it on that alone. And his chapter on practical issues in playwriting is solid, if not perfect, but this advice would be available in books that will be more amenable to your style.

If you agree with the realists that premise should be central, buy this and Egri. Use Egri for your dramatic theory, and McLaughlin for your practical writing. If not, look for another text.

Pupils of Buzz.......2002-02-01

We are in Buzz McLaughlin's playwrighting class at Drew University. His book is the textbook for the course, and moreover our personal Bible(kidding). If there is one word to describe Buzz it would have to be visionary. The way he explicates the process of playwrighting with wonderful accessible analogies is genious. We have personally never had such a text. The writing flows beautifully and the interviews are nothing less than illuminating. We are only in the middle of the course now(1/31/02) but we can already see that this class will be one of the highlights of our college careers.

Terrific as classroom text.......2001-10-02

I began using this book as a text for my introductory playwriting class after meeting Buzz at a playwright's retreat. It is an excellent text for beginning playwrights. The counsel provided by numerous successful writers communicates that while there is no one way to write, or to engage in the process of writing plays, there are some areas in common among creative artists that are worth considering. I especially find the chapter on formating useful. Formating is always a difficult issue. As someone who has acted as a literary manager, it is easy to disregard plays that are physically difficult to read. I strongly recommend this book to anyone considering a text for a beginning playwriting course. It provides useful, logical information that serves as a launching point for fruitful class discussion and instruction.

The Way of Story: The Craft & Soul of Writing

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An Expanded View of Good Writing
The Way of Story
Writing Spirit Restored
Excellent Book for Veterans and Beginners
A Must for aspiring screenwriters

The Way of Story: The Craft & Soul of Writing
Catherine Ann Jones
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Offering an integrative approach to writing all forms of narrative, this illustrated book contains evocative insights from the authors own professional journey. The emphasis on the integration of both a solid craft and an experiential inner discovery makes this writing book unique.

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An Expanded View of Good Writing.......2007-08-22

Catherine Ann Jones work puts all the elements of good writing in perspective, especially the importance of theme in producing a good story.

The Way of Story.......2007-08-13

Catherine's book addresses areas that no other book does. She gets to the soul of writing and helps you tap into your inner source and find information, feelings and emotions that highten your abilities. This book will enable you to improve your writing ten fold.
Carole Lee Dean, author, The ARt of Film Funding

Writing Spirit Restored.......2007-08-10

After a ten year sabbatical from "serious" writing while I concentrated on making a living as a technical writer; and a three-year bout of taking care of and eventually saying goodbye to failing parents, it seemed that every original, clever, creative idea I ever had for story, character, or setting had been flushed out of my head with Drano.

Right-brain cluttered and left-brain heartbroken, I could barely find the spirit to pick up a pencil, let alone get down to serious writing. Catherine's book, The Way of Story, helped me renew fertility to those little places inside me that nurture creativity and desire to write, and trust that all those little idea seeds have stored inside them everything I need to create a fantasy world. The result was a renewed writing spirit and the completion of a novel as haunting and beautiful as I imagined it could be.

I am especially grateful for the wise and insightful choice of quotes Catherine included from great writers and philosophers. These have often led me down paths I might not have explored. While I have done many of the exercises, some of them several times, I've yet to complete them all and look forward to those little bits of time I reserve to seek out another one to try. My copy is watermarked and dog-eared and paper clipped and written in throughout. Of all the books I've collected over time on the subject of writing, this is the one that resides on the little bookshelf next to my bedtime reading lamp.

Excellent Book for Veterans and Beginners.......2007-08-02

This book could not come at a worse time for me. In the middle of buying film equipment, trying to put finishing touches on two scripts, editing a friend's screenplay and working through an out-sourcing at my work - the last thing I needed was a book with a lot of "high-falutin'" words and abstract comments when it comes to writing. Just tell me about story and lets get on with it.

That, of course, was my assumption. How pleasantly surprised I was when the book I read was an honest, open and easy read about "Story." I will admit that, sometimes, I want to get away from books that take storytelling to a level of grandiose and mythic proportions. Where I almost tremble with fear when I put pen to paper or digits to keyboard - but this book is not that. This book is a straight-forward and very basic book about story. ALL about story: Character Development, Structure, Dialogue and, of course, Conflict. And more.

Is it a book for "Beginners?" I do not know if I would classify this book as "How to Write a Story 101" - but I can tell you that Ms. Jones's format is one that is very basic and very truthful and that anyone starting to write or an old (unproduced) veteran such as myself can learn something in these pages and can grow as a writer. In some ways I would say this book does an excellent job of reeling in the abstract to get a writer back to the basics and I, frankly, think we all need that once in a while.

Where the book falters, a bit, is in the fact that most every chapter ends with "Exercises" to do. Out of all my classes and many conversations with writers I've never met one person who said that they did the exercises found in books such as these. Most of the time they're too excited and want to move on to the next chapter. I would rather the exercises be moved to the back of the book or removed altogether and replaced with more horror (and not so horror) stories of Ms. Jones's journey from the stage to Hollywood. And yes, dear readers, this book is written by someone who has actually had success in Hollywood and knows what she is talking about.

One other plus in this book is that she fills the book with quotes on writing. Wonderful quotes from all across the spectrum. I will include one of my favorite quotes that she did not include:

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit at a typewriter and open a vein." Walter ("Red") Smith - American Sportswriter

Bottom line: Ms. Jones does a wonderful job reminding the reader that it is all about the story. This is a great book for beginners and professionals alike.

A Must for aspiring screenwriters.......2006-07-05

I found The Way of Story one of the most helpful books I've read for a long time. It's detailed approach of the subject, the wonderful and personal insight of the writer and the excercises she presents helped and inspired me tremendously.

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