Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives

Synopsis

Learn the basic techniques every successful playwright knows! Amid the hundreds of "how-to" books out there, there have been very few which attempted to analyze the mysteries of play construction. Lajos egri's classic, the art of dramatic writing, does just that, with instruction that can be applied equally well to a short story, novel, or screenplay. Examining a play from the inside out, egri starts with the heart of any drama: its characters.