The Dramatic Writer's Companion: Tools to Develop Characters, Cause Scenes, and Build Stories is a comprehensive collection of in-depth writing exercises for playwrights and screenwriters that offers:
More than sixty of the author's workshop-tested exercises for playwrights and screenwriters
An underlying focus on character as the root of scene and story
A unique, nonlinear format that allows the writer to use exercises in any order and as often as needed to meet individual writing goals
A special troubleshooting section that addresses common script problems
A glossary of key terms
Examples drawn from well-known plays and films, including both contemporary and classical masterworks
Having spent decades working with dramatists to refine and expand their existing plays and screenplays, Author Will Dunne effortlessly blends condensed dramatic theory with specific action steps—over sixty workshop-tested exercises that can be adapted to virtually any individual writing process and dramatic script. Dunne’s in-depth method is both instinctual and intellectual, allowing writers to discover new actions for their characters and new directions for their stories.
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About the Author:
Will Dunne is currently a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists, where he develops plays and teaches workshops. He also has led over fifteen hundred workshops through his San Francisco program, served as a dramaturg at the O’Neill, and twice attended the Australian National Playwrights Conference as guest instructor. His plays, which include How I Became an Interesting Person and Hotel Desperado, have been presented in Russia, Australia, and Croatia as well as in the U.S.
