Do drama : how to stop watching TV drama. and start writing it / Lucy Gannon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gannon, Lucy, 1948- author.

Contributor:

Unger Gasser Family Endowment for the Study of Screenwriting, Television and New Media.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television authorship.

Television scripts.

television scripts.

Physical Description:

125 pages : colour illustrations ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

[London, England] : The Do Book Company, 2022.

Summary:

Do Drama explores the how and why of writing drama, not as an instruction manual, but as a lively conversation with one of Britain s most prolific and successful screenwriters, Lucy Gannon. She didn t write her first play until she was 39. By sharing what she has learned over three decades of writing primetime drama, she will help you to: Write your script from the first scene to the last Create vivid characters with a personality and a past Develop storylines, structure and write a treatment Understand how the industry works; take the next step. Writing drama is not about education, class or cleverness, it s about your deep desire to tell stories, to create characters, finding the humour alongside the pathos, to delight and enthral millions. There is no golden path into production. But the world is hungry for talent. You are the talent. So, what are you waiting for?

Notes:

Location of publisher derived from publisher website.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Unger Gasser Family Endowment for the Study of Screenwriting, Television and New Media.

ISBN:

1914168070

9781914168079

OCLC:

1286312326

Publisher Number:

99993645247