{"product_id":"the-blunt-playwright-second-edition-9780369100191","title":"The Blunt Playwright: Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Blunt Playwright\u003c\/em\u003e 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 more. Highly regarded and used in schools everywhere, this updated edition cements its place as one of the best resources for playwrights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom organizing the structure of a script to developing characters' voices, from employing visual effects on stage to writing comedy, or from self-promotion to getting produced and published, this guide has something for everyone, no matter the stage of their career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eClem Martini is an award-winning playwright, novelist, and screenwriter with over thirty plays and twelve books of fiction and nonfiction to his credit, including the W.O. Mitchell Book Prize-winning\u003cem\u003e Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness\u003c\/em\u003e, the recently launched \u003cem\u003eThe Unravelling\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Comedian\u003c\/em\u003e. His texts on playwriting, \u003cem\u003eThe Blunt Playwright, The\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreek Playwright\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Ancient Comedians\u003c\/em\u003e are employed widely at universities and colleges across the continent. He currently teaches in the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Calgary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Playwrights Canada Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514075353362,"sku":"9780369100191","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_29d2fd5c-c5c2-4d93-891e-4a872e986467.jpg?v=1730972560","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-blunt-playwright-second-edition-9780369100191","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}