The playwright's survival guide : keeping the drama in your work and out of your life / Gary Garrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garrison, Gary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Playwriting.

Playwriting--Vocational guidance.

Physical Description:

x, 134 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [1999]

Summary:

The Playwright's Survival Guide is written for both aspiring and established writers looking for an emotional, spiritual, or even just plain practical connection back to what's important -- the writing. It's a "how-to-be" book -- with thoughts, stories of inspiration, a few tricks of the trade, a few outlets for venting frustrations, and a reassuring voice that speaks to all the doubts with an "I know. I've been there. This is what you do ..."

Contents:

For Your Heart

You're the Play 3

Skippy, Jake, and the Spitfire Within 10

Thump It Before You Buy It 17

Sing Out, Louise! 21

For Your Soul

Spandex, My Bicep, and Writer's Block 27

The Ties That Bind Us: Mother, Mentor, Father, Teacher 31

I've Been to the Dark Side (And Now I Want the Light) 36

Tina Turner, Lanford Wilson, and Me 41

Flush It (An Internal Monologue) 45

For Your Head

Who Are All These People and What Are They Doing to My Play? 50

Who Needs an Agent!? 65

New York Hits Back 71

Instruction or Destruction? 74

Submitting Your Plays: The Most Necessary Evil 80

What You Need Is a Good F**k 86

T-Minus-Ten and Counting 89

Do We Have to Say This? 94

Just ... For Good Measure

Just Read It, Will You? 97

Just Show Me How to Do It 102

Just Give Me the Facts 109

Just ... Think on It 115

Just ... Passing It On 120

For Yo' Mama

Behave! 125

Slap Yourself 130.

ISBN:

0325001650

OCLC:

41086791