1st Edition
Scriptwriting for Theatre and Screen A Practical Guide
Introduction – How to Use This Book
Part 1: Theatre Writing
Chapter 1. Invitations
Chapter 2. Ideas
Chapter 3. Character
Chapter 4. Structure
Chapter 5. Location – Setting
Chapter 6. Empathy
Chapter 7. Status
Chapter 8. Practical Considerations – Acts – Scenes - Format
Chapter 9. Planning and Writing Scenes
Chapter 10. Modes of Address
Chapter 11. Actual Writing
Chapter 12. Similarities and Differences Between Stage and Screen
Part 2: Screenwriting
Chapter 13. Introducing Screenwriting and Launching a New Idea
Chapter 14. Structure Revisited
Chapter 15. Particularities of Short Films
Chapter 16. Format
Chapter 17. Genre
Chapter 18. Character Revisited
Chapter 19. Visual Writing
Chapter 20. Moment-to-Moment Writing
Chapter 21. Rewriting… Again
Chapter 22. Writing for TV
Appendix 1: Critical Commentaries – Evaluations
Appendix 2: Some More Writing Exercises
Biography
Richard Stockwell lectures in theatre and screenwriting at Newcastle University, UK. He is an award-winning playwright, and has been writing drama for over 30years, with plays performed in over a dozen countries. He has also written for television, including a period writing for Eastenders for the BBC.
