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Summary: Got Scripts?
Review: This is a must-read for anyone who takes their writing seriously and wants to progress past the page and onto the boards. This is the heart and soul of craft and business savvy -- Read it or be left behind, scratching your head and wondering what happened to your promising writing career.
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Summary: The playwright's Survival Guide
Review: What happened to my review? Franklin Ashley
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Summary: Putting it in perspective
Review: Whenever people ask me how to be a playwright, I point them in the direction of this book (which makes me sound more like a veteran than a greenhorn, but that's neither here nor there). Gary Garrison does a terrific job of laying out the realities of writing plays without making them cliche. It's one thing to hear, "You will have writer's block." Everyone says it, but that doesn't make the experience of writer's block any easier. Garrison takes it one step further when he talks about sitting at home, eating Cheetos with rubber gloves on (don't ask), staring at an empty screen. By providing that context, he makes it real in a way that many of the experts never manage, and this does make it easier to deal with.Garrison manages to apply this treatment to the entire writing process. From writer's block to agents to opening night, he takes the issues that every playwright faces and gives it context, not to mention a healthy dose of wit. At the least, readers learn that they're not the only ones dealing with these problems. Better yet, there's the possibility of finding an answer or three. Best of all, you might get a good laugh at it. I have to admit that the Cheetos image still gives me a giggle.
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