Writing the 10-Minute Play

(Limelight). This book is written for the beginning or seasoned playwright, as well as for actors (or anyone) wishing to attempt their first ten-minute play. Every aspect of writing a ten-minute play is covered, from perking with an idea, to starting the play, to developing it, to effective rewriting, to completing it, even to how to get the most out of readings of your play once you've finished it. Writing the 10-Minute Play also reveals the best ways to market your play and includes an extensive listing of ten-minute play contests. The guide contains many in-depth interviews with international playwrights who have had substantial success with their ten-minute plays, as well as publishers of ten-minute plays and producers of ten-minute play festivals. Included as well are several award-winning ten-minute plays, followed by a discussion by the respective playwrights on how they went about creating their play, from start to finish. The final chapter offers tips and suggestions from artistic directors of ten-minute play festivals and from well-known playwrights whose ten-minute plays have received awards and publishing deals.

• A More Perfect Ten: Writing and Producing the Ten-Minute Play
• The Playwright's Guidebook: An Insightful Primer on the Art of Dramatic Writing
• The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2016 (Best 10 Minute Plays)
• Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays (FSG Classics)
• The Dramatic Writer's Companion, Second Edition: Tools to Develop Characters, Cause Scenes, and Build Stories (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
• The Art and Craft of Playwriting
• Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays
• Ten-Minute Plays: The Comedy Collection
• Playwriting Seminars 2.0: A Handbook on the Art and Craft of Dramatic Writing with an Introduction to Screenwriting
• Playwriting For Dummies