{"product_id":"a-masterclass-in-dramatic-writing-by-janet-neipris-9781138918528","title":"A Masterclass in Dramatic Writing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Masterclass in Dramatic Writing\u003c\/em\u003e addresses all three genres of dramatic writing - for theatre, film, and TV - in a comprehensive, one-semester, 14-week masterclass for the dramatic writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is tightly focused on the practical outcome of completing a first draft and first rewrite of a dramatic work, drawing on Professor Janet Neipris’ many years of experience as the head of Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch. The fourteen chapters, organised like a semester, take the reader week-by-week and step-by-step through writing a first draft of an original play, screenplay, or TV pilot, while also teaching the core principles of dramatic writing. Chapters include Beginnings, Creating Complex Characters, Dialogue, Escalating Conflicts, Endings, Checkpoints, Comedy, and Adaptation. There are Weekly Exercises and progressive Assignments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is perfect for professional writers, teachers, and students of dramatic writing, as well as anyone who wants to complete their first dramatic work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn award-winning playwright and Professor of Dramatic Writing at NYU, Janet Neipris has written for Screen and Television. She has also taught dramatic writers at UCLA and in China, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, Italy, and in the UK at Oxford, CSSD, University of Birmingham, and the University of East Anglia. Previous publications include \u003cem\u003eTo Be A Playwright\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge 2006). Janet Neipris’s plays and letters are in the Theatre Collection of Harvard University’s Houghton Library. For more, see \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.janetneipris.com\"\u003ewww.janetneipris.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47604970881260,"sku":"9781138918528","price":341.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138918528-a-masterclass-in-dramatic-writing.jpg?v=1778117538","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-masterclass-in-dramatic-writing-by-janet-neipris-9781138918528","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}