Tuckett J. (Ed.) The Student Guide to Writing: Playwriting

Oberon Books Ltd, 2019. — 114 p. — ISBN10: 1786822156, 13 978-1786822154.The Student Guide to Playwriting provides access to step-by-step lesson plans for writing a theatre play, written by ten top industry professionals who have led the way in terms of playwriting training in the UK.
Suitable for writers, students, teachers, the industry and anyone with an interest in dramatic writing and playwriting, the book offers key advice on getting started, ideas, structure, scenes, characterization, dialogue, theatricality, rewriting, and the business of staging your work.
Inside...
Getting Started by Rob Drummer, Artistic Director of Boundless Theatre Company,
Ideas by Ola Animashawun, founder of the Royal Court Theatre’s young writers programme,
Structure by John Yorke, founder of the BBC Writers Academy,
Scenes by Jennifer Tuckett, Course Leader of the MA Dramatic Writing at Drama Centre London at Central Saint Martins,
Characterization by Tom Holloway, playwright and mentor, nominated by the Bush Theatre,
Dialogue by Fin Kennedy, founder of Schoolwrights and Artistic Director of Tamasha Theatre Company,
Theatricality by Steve Winter, Director of the Kevin Spacey Foundation and co-founder of the Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays,
Rewriting by Caroline Jester, dramaturg and writer, co author of Playwriting Across the Curriculum and Fifty Playwrights on their Craft and former Dramaturg at Birmingham Repertory Theatre,
Staging Your Work by Caroline Horton, writer, performer, director and mentor, nominated by the Bush Theatre,
Final Advice by Lucy Kerbel, Director of Tonic Theatre and founder of Platform.