The Blunt Playwright: An Introduction to Playwriting [Paperback]

Clem Martini (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0887548946 | ISBN-13: 978-0887548949

The Blunt Playwright guides new students of playwriting through the intricacies of playwriting in a direct, informative, and entertaining fashion. It examines dramatic structure, discusses the creative process, explores the nature of character in dramatic work, provides a number of writing exercises that are useful for generating text, and cites local and international playwrights throughout.

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About the Author

Clem Martini is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and novelist, an associate professor of drama at the University of Calgary, and a past president of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. He is a three-time winner of the Alberta Writers Guild Drama Prize, was a nominee of the Governor General’s Literary Award in Drama for

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“There are no rules. There exists a large body of advice regarding the writing of plays… but in the end, there are no rules—and no policing body to enforce them, even if there were.”

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887548946
• ISBN-13: 978-0887548949
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,620,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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