Dramatic Theory for Writers, Teachers, and Students.

This book, based on years of research, is an examination of the incredible fascination the story-telling forms have on the human imagination. The text, written by an award-winning television writer and expert curriculum designer, brings together a comprehensive array of information which makes the underlying structure of the dramatic form understandable. Dramatic Theory for Writers, Teachers, and Students will be of assistance to those have been called upon to teach a course on dramatic theory. It will be of equal use to writers as they wrestle with the complexities of the form. At the same time it may prove valuable to the general reader who wishes to understand why we willingly return again and again to a form which is essentially immutable