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BL
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951234
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b705604
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Dunne, Will.
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The dramatic writer's companion : : tools to develop characters, cause scenes, and build stories /\ Will Dunne.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, ©2009.
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Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing
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1 online resource (xxv, 318 pages)
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| ISBN
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0226172554
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: 1282239546
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: 9780226172552
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: 9781282239548
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0226172538
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0226172546
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9780226172538
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9780226172545
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| Contents
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About This Guide; Exercises at a Glance; Developing your character; Causing a scene; Building your story; Fixing common script problems; Glossary; Acknowledgments.
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| Abstract
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Moss Hart once said that you never really learn how to write a play; you only learn how to write this play. Crafted with that adage in mind, The Dramatic Writer's Companion is designed to help writers explore their own ideas in order to develop the script in front of them. No ordinary guide to plotting, this handbook starts with the principle that character is key. "The character is not something added to the scene or to the story," writes author Will Dunne. "Rather, the character is the scene. The character is the story." Having spent decades working with dramatists to refine and expand their.
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Authorship, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Drama-- Technique, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Motion picture authorship, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Playwriting, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Authorship.
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Drama-- Technique.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Composition Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Rhetoric.
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Motion picture authorship.
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Playwriting.
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REFERENCE-- Writing Skills.
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| Dewey Classification
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808.2
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PN1661.D86 2009eb
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