Friday, August 7, 2015

Playwriting (21) Don't be boring



If you’re a political writer, don’t settle for conveying information. That is the main way to kill your play.

The way to bore your audience is to present to them things they already believe (or know).


Over the next few weeks, I capture episodes of the National Theatre: Playwriting series. These are instrumental lessons, as I work at my play "The Room." The above are my notes.
 

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