{"product_id":"the-playwrights-guidebook-an-insightful-primer-on-the-art-of-dramatic-writing-9780571199914","title":"The Playwright's Guidebook: An Insightful Primer on the Art of Dramatic Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn accessible, contemporary guide to the art of dramatic writing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the ten years that Stuart Spencer has taught playwriting, he has struggled to find an effective playwriting handbook for his courses. Although most of the currently popular handbooks have good ideas in them, they all suffer from the same problems: they're poorly organized; are composed mostly of quirky, idiosyncratic advice on how specific playwrights have gone about writing their own work; and are full of abstract theorizing on the nature of art. As a result, they fail to offer any concrete information on how to construct a well-written play or any useful guidelines and exercises. Moreover, few of these books are actually written by working playwrights. Out of frustration, Spencer wrote his own book. The result, \u003ci\u003eThe Playwright's Guidebook\u003c\/i\u003e, is a clear, concise, and engaging handbook. Spencer addresses the important principles of structure, includes insightful writing exercises that build upon one another, explores the creative process, and troubleshoots recurrent problems that playwrights actually face.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571199914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.48w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/07\/2002 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2002 pg. 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/07\/2002\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stuart Spencer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638822072476,"sku":"9780571199914","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7e9bbfe2-77cc-41f3-8371-cb828861a9fd.jpg?v=1603848275","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-playwrights-guidebook-an-insightful-primer-on-the-art-of-dramatic-writing-9780571199914","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}