{"product_id":"letters-to-a-young-playwright-by-adam-szymkowicz-9781493088195","title":"Letters to a Young Playwright","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdam Szymkowicz is that rarest of things: a full-time playwright. In an era when the business of live theatre seems perpetually on the verge of implosion, most dramatists survive only through soul-sucking day jobs, the largesse of patrons or their own families, or writing for television. Szymkowicz has carved out a distinctive niche for himself without relying on big institutions or the brass ring of a mega-hit Broadway production. Each year, his body of work—over thirty sharp, funny, pop-culture-inflected plays animated by an unabashed romanticism—is staged everywhere from big-city theatres to colleges and high schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Young Playwright\u003c\/i\u003e, Szymkowicz dispenses hard-earned, unsentimental, and entertaining advice to early-career dramatists. Modeled on Rilke’s \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Young Poet\u003c\/i\u003e, it covers topics like writer’s block, self-promotion, and the pluses and minuses of pivoting to Hollywood in insightful and digestible short essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for beginning playwrights as well as mid-career writers looking to reinvigorate their craft and career, it contains endlessly useful advice and reflections from one of the most-produced living playwrights in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471073001708,"sku":"9781493088195","price":48.32,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781493088195-letters-to-a-young-playwright.jpg?v=1775232864","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/letters-to-a-young-playwright-by-adam-szymkowicz-9781493088195","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}