"Castagno takes students through a powerful set of playwriting tools and offers new methods of free writing, non-naturalistic characterization, and advanced tools in structure. As a veteran playwriting teacher myself, I highly, highly recommend this book to my students and my colleagues. Dive into this exciting new approach to playwriting, and watch your and your students’ work transform." -David Crespy, University of Missouri
419 pages, $48.95 list
1-4786-4766-3
978-1-4786-4766-9
© 2023
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Playwriting Intensive
Playwriting Intensive takes a fresh approach to playwriting—putting dialogue first. Castagno shows novice playwrights how to use language to generate character and structure. His decades of experience teaching and writing have resulted in a fresh, informed pedagogy designed to get students off to the right start and progressing quickly.
Castagno emphasizes learning by process through the text, encouraging readers to experiment and familiarize themselves with the best practices provided. His lessons focus on the skills contemporary playwrights will use in their careers, including promoting diversity both through featured examples and dedicated exercises.
Castagno emphasizes learning by process through the text, encouraging readers to experiment and familiarize themselves with the best practices provided. His lessons focus on the skills contemporary playwrights will use in their careers, including promoting diversity both through featured examples and dedicated exercises.
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1. The 1-2-3 Turns Approach and One-Idea-per-Line
2. Related Pairs, Three Builds, and Spacer Beats
3. How Dialogue Functions in the Play
4. Utilizing Difference in Dialogue
5. Shadow Riffing and Advanced Dialogue Techniques
6. The Tracking Approach to Dialogue: Techniques for Exposition and Stage Directions
7. Functions of Contemporary Monologue
8. Monologue, Media, and New Play Development
9. The Four Pillars of Character and the FEL
10. The R-E-A-L Approach to Revision
11. Structural Models and Writing the 10-Minute Play
2. Related Pairs, Three Builds, and Spacer Beats
3. How Dialogue Functions in the Play
4. Utilizing Difference in Dialogue
5. Shadow Riffing and Advanced Dialogue Techniques
6. The Tracking Approach to Dialogue: Techniques for Exposition and Stage Directions
7. Functions of Contemporary Monologue
8. Monologue, Media, and New Play Development
9. The Four Pillars of Character and the FEL
10. The R-E-A-L Approach to Revision
11. Structural Models and Writing the 10-Minute Play