The Writer's Toolkit: Exercises, Techniques and Ideas for Playwrights and Screenwriters

Perfect for playwrights and screenwriters of all levels of experience, The Writer's Toolkit will equip you with...
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Author: Paul Kalburgi
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The Writer's Toolkit: Exercises, Techniques and Ideas for Playwrights and Screenwriters by Kalburgi, Paul

The Writer's Toolkit: Exercises, Techniques and Ideas for Playwrights and Screenwriters

$86.48

The Writer's Toolkit: Exercises, Techniques and Ideas for Playwrights and Screenwriters

$86.48
Author: Paul Kalburgi
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Perfect for playwrights and screenwriters of all levels of experience, The Writer's Toolkit will equip you with everything required to kickstart your creativity, develop your craft, and make your writing the very best that it can be.

Written by an experienced playwright, screenwriter and producer, this essential book is packed with almost two hundred practical exercises, techniques and ideas for every part of your process, designed to be used either solo or in a group. It includes:

  • Writing warm-ups to focus your mind and get your creative muscles in gear
  • Dozens of exercises to strengthen fundamental elements of your writing such as developing characters, improving dialogue, layering in subtext, creating a strong setting and constructing a compelling plot
  • Immersive-writing techniques to lift the world of your script off the page and allow you to shape it more effectively
  • A blueprint for writing a ten-minute play - a great way to practise your craft, explore a new idea and add to your portfolio
  • A Submission Surgery with exercises and pointers so you can review and fine-tune your completed work before sending it out
  • 101 quick-fire writing prompts to help you warm up, take a break from your current project, or just keep you feeling productive

Also included are mindful meditations to use at the beginning and end of your writing sessions, to help you relax, boost your productivity and maximise your creative output.

Whatever you need as a writer - whether that's to crack a problem in your current script, develop ideas for future projects, build up your skills and experience, or bust through writer's block - this book will give you the right tools for the job. So get writing!



Author: Paul Kalburgi
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Published: 09/14/2021
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781848428638

About the Author
Paul Kalburgi is a British playwright, screenwriter and television producer. He was awarded Master of Arts (Writing for Screen & Stage) in 2015 by Regent's University, London. Select playwriting credits include Broadway or Bust (Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas), In the Tall Grass (Bishop Arts Theatre Center, Dallas; winner of 'Outstanding New Play' DFW Theater Critics Forum), Maxine (Stockwell Playhouse, London and Times Square Art Center, New York), Almost The Birthday Party (Etcetera Theatre, London; published by Lazy Bee Scripts), MCN TV (Brockley Jack Theatre, London), Tickled Pink! (Battersea Barge, London), Jack & The Beanstalk (touring, UK and Ireland), and The Countess (Blue Elephant Theatre, London). Select screenwriting credits include Shortland Street (TVNZ, New Zealand), The Price of Fame (REELZ Channel, USA) and Healing (Revelation TV, UK; winner of 'Best Song' (music and lyrics) Concrete Dream Film Festival, Los Angeles). For television, Paul has produced programmes for a host of networks in the UK and USA since 2007, working across genres including celebrity ob-doc, docudrama, lifestyle, factual entertainment and news. Alongside his writing projects, Paul continues to facilitate writing courses and workshops in the USA, UK and New Zealand. Paul is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America.

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