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• Common Playwriting Mistakes
  The young dramatist will run into several serious errors in writing his first plays if he is not warned to avoid them at the start.
  
  
• Essentials of Play Writing 1
  A well-constructed play can be compared to a Roman mosaic. It is composed of hundreds or thousands of minute pieces.
  
  
• Essentials of Play Writing 2
  Experience has taught the practical playwright that the only way in which he can hope to construct a good play is by determining definitely, before beginning to write at all, the ending of the play and how that end is to be achieved.
  
  
• How To Write a Play
  A collection of letters from famous playwrights and dramatists on how to write plays.
  
  
• How to Write a Play by Adolphe Dennery
  Adolphe Dennery has a very short line or two on how to write a play.
  
  
• How to Write a Play by Alexander Dumas (Fils)
  Instruction on the art of playwriting by the son of the more famous Alexander Dumas
  
  
• How to Write a Play by Edmond Gondinet
  Edmond Gondinet discusses how to write a play.
  
  
• How to Write a Play by Édouard Pailleron
  Édouard Pailleron writes at length about playwriting while claiming to know nothing about it.
  
  
• How to Write a Play by Émile Augier
  Emile Augier responds to a question on writing comedy for theater
  
  
• How to Write a Play by Emile Zola
  Emile Zola explains how to write a play
  
  
• How to Write a Play by Ernest Legouvé
  Ernest Legouvé explains how he writes his plays
  
  
• How to Write a Play by Eugene Labiche
  Eugène Labiche outlines his procedure for play writing
  
  
• How to Write a Play by Théodore de Banville
  Theodore de Banville weighs in on how to best write a play.
  
  
• How to Write a Play by Victorien Sardou
  Victorien Sardou offers a short bit of advice on play writing
  
  
• Tag Cloud
  Tag cloud for StageAffair.com. See the most popular playwriting tags on this site.
  
  
• The Technique of Play Writing
  The dramatists of the time of Elizabeth brought the poetry and wit of the drama to a high state of perfection. Yet the modern dramatist who desires success need not hope to find the key to it by a study of older dramatists.
  
  
• Why Write a Play?
  While authors and poets may be pleased to see their name in print, there is nothing quite like the thrill of listening to a live audience cheering and clapping in response to a playwright's carefully crafted words.
  
  
• Writing for the Stage
  The secrets to writing great scripts
  
  
• Play Writing Articles on the Web