Focal Press Playwriting with Purpose: A Guide and Workbook for New Playwrights

Table of Contents

1. Creating Compelling Characters

2. Writing Electric Dialogue and Silent Moments

3. Environment and Idea

4. The "Well-Made Play" (Short and Long Form)

5. Scene Structure

6. Monologue Structure

7. Thoughts on Aristotle�s Poetics

8. Other Structures

9. Writing in 3D for the Living Stage

10. The Limitless Room

11. The Revision Process

12. The Business of Playwriting

About the Author

Jacqueline Goldfinger is an award-winning playwright, dramaturg, and librettist who seeks out unique collaborations, working across disciplines to create singular works of theater and opera. Her awards include the Yale Prize, the Opera America Discovery Grant, the Smith Prize, the Sloan Grant, the Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts, the Tennessee Williams Fellowship, and the Generations Award. She teaches workshops and seminars at college and university theater programs across the U.S., including at the University of California, Davis and San Diego, the University of Pennsylvania, and Temple University. For more information, visit www.jacquelinegoldfinger.com