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Author:   Richard Stockwell
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9781032874692

ISBN 10:   1032874694
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   23 September 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction – How to Use This Book Part 1: Theatre Writing Chapter 1. Invitations Chapter 2. Ideas Chapter 3. Character Chapter 4. Structure Chapter 5. Location – Setting Chapter 6. Empathy Chapter 7. Status Chapter 8. Practical Considerations – Acts – Scenes - Format Chapter 9. Planning and Writing Scenes Chapter 10. Modes of Address Chapter 11. Actual Writing Chapter 12. Similarities and Differences Between Stage and Screen Part 2: Screenwriting Chapter 13. Introducing Screenwriting and Launching a New Idea Chapter 14. Structure Revisited Chapter 15. Particularities of Short Films Chapter 16. Format Chapter 17. Genre Chapter 18. Character Revisited Chapter 19. Visual Writing Chapter 20. Moment-to-Moment Writing Chapter 21. Rewriting… Again Chapter 22. Writing for TV Appendix 1: Critical Commentaries – Evaluations Appendix 2: Some More Writing Exercises

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Richard Stockwell lectures in theatre and screenwriting at Newcastle University, UK. He is an award-winning playwright, and has been writing drama for over 30years, with plays performed in over a dozen countries. He has also written for television, including a period writing for Eastenders for the BBC.

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