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Scriptwriting for Theatre and Screen

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-032-87469-2
Verlag: Routledge
Erscheinungstermin: 23.09.2025
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Scriptwriting for Theatre and Screen: A Practical Guide is an introduction designed to help readers understand the nature of dramatic scriptwriting and quickly guide them to a place where they can write, first a short play, and then a short screenplay.

The book clearly points out not only the differences between writing for the stage and writing for the screen, but also the shared skills and the fundamental dramatic principles that unite them. The two sections (Theatre Writing and Screenwriting) are connected by a bridging chapter that explores similarities and differences between the two media. The chapters are arranged with a short introductory essay on topics such as generating ideas, structure, character, modes of address, empathy, status, visual writing, and revising and editing, followed by practical exercises with exemplar responses – including a sample short play and film. Two additional chapters address how to approach writing a self-reflexive commentary, explore how the skills covered can be applied to writing for television, and explain other skills a writer might need to develop when working in this industry.

This complete introduction to writing dramatic scripts is intended for students of playwriting and screenwriting but is also suitable for all writers new to these areas and interested in developing their skills.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781032874692
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-032-87469-2
  • Verlag: Routledge
  • Erscheinungstermin: 23.09.2025
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2025
  • Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
  • Gewicht: 371 g
  • Seiten: 252
  • Format (B x H x T): 152 x 229 x 14 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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Introduction – How to Use This Book

Part 1: Theatre Writing

Chapter 1. Invitations

Chapter 2. Ideas

Chapter 3. Character

Chapter 4. Structure

Chapter 5. Location – Setting

Chapter 6. Empathy

Chapter 7. Status

Chapter 8. Practical Considerations – Acts – Scenes - Format

Chapter 9. Planning and Writing Scenes

Chapter 10. Modes of Address

Chapter 11. Actual Writing

Chapter 12. Similarities and Differences Between Stage and Screen

Part 2: Screenwriting

Chapter 13. Introducing Screenwriting and Launching a New Idea

Chapter 14. Structure Revisited

Chapter 15. Particularities of Short Films

Chapter 16. Format

Chapter 17. Genre

Chapter 18. Character Revisited

Chapter 19. Visual Writing

Chapter 20. Moment-to-Moment Writing

Chapter 21. Rewriting… Again

Chapter 22. Writing for TV

Appendix 1: Critical Commentaries – Evaluations

Appendix 2: Some More Writing Exercises