<p><i>The Blunt Playwright</i> won't tell you everything there is to know about playwriting. It won't even try. What it will do is examine process, structure, dialogue, and character; provide classic and contemporary scenes to study; outline clever exercises to strengthen writing skills; and so much
The Playwright
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- Dreamspinner Press
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- Fiction
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