{"product_id":"art-of-dramatic-writing-book-lajos-egri-9781607961307","title":"The Art Of Dramatic Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eLearn the basic techniques every successful playwright knows\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Among the many how-to playwriting books that have appeared over the years, there have been few that attempt to analyze the mysteries of play construction. Lajos Egri's classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Dramatic Writing, \u003c\/i\u003e does just that, with instruction that can be applied equally well to a short story, novel, or screenplay. \u003cbr\u003e Examining a play from the inside out, Egri starts with the heart of any drama: its characters. All good dramatic writing hinges on people and their relationships, which serve to move the story forward and give it life, as well as an understanding of human motives -- why people act the way that they do. Using examples from everything from William Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e to Henrik Ibsen's \u003ci\u003eA Doll's House, \u003c\/i\u003e Egri shows how it is essential for the author to have a basic premise -- a thesis, demonstrated in terms of human behavior -- and to develop the dramatic conflict on the basis of that behavior. \u003cbr\u003e Using Egri's ABCs of premise, character, and conflict, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Dramatic Writing\u003c\/i\u003e is a direct, jargon-free approach to the problem of achieving truth in writin","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50393958875409,"sku":"CIN160796130XG","price":7.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51039163187473,"sku":"NIN9781607961307","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/160796130X.jpg?v=1750830837","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/art-of-dramatic-writing-book-lajos-egri-9781607961307","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}