Why read The Art Of Dramatic Writing?

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Lajos Egri examines a play from the inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its characters. For it is people - their private natures and their inter-relationships - that move a story and give it life. All good dramatic writing depends upon an understanding of human motives. Why…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Art Of Dramatic Writing as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Paul Chitlik

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I found this book to be the best explanation of how to focus a screenplay on a theme, which Egri calls premise. It’s also the best summary of how to develop characters in a screenplay, even though it was written as a guide to creating stage plays.

I use Egri’s method in everything I write, and I have used it as a foundation book in my screenwriting classes.

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