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Richard Toscan

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Richard's Handbook, Playwriting Seminars 2.0, is used by dramatists, screenwriters, novelists, and literary managers in the U.S. and Europe. He is a well known figure in the arts, has led two of the leading university based arts programs in the U.S., and has also worked with Lucasfilm, the BBC, and NPR, in addition to being a judge for screenwriting and playwriting competitions. The Handbook is now available in paperback and e-book editions. ...more

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Nora Ephron, considered by many of us to still be the Queen of romcoms, on revising screenplays:

"Now I am in my 40s and I write screenplays. Screenplays — if they are made into movies — are essentially collaborations, and movies are not a writer’s medium, we all know this, and I don’t want to dwell on the craft of screenwriting except insofar as it relates to revision. Because the moment you stop Read more of this blog post »
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“Plays are nearly always about the consequences of events while films are usually about the events. The what-happens-next factor is essential in film.”
Richard Toscan, Playwriting Seminars 2.0: A Handbook on the Art and Craft of Dramatic Writing with an Introduction to Screenwriting

“There are three primal urges in human beings: food, sex, and rewriting some else's play.”
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“Plays are nearly always about the consequences of events while films are usually about the events. The what-happens-next factor is essential in film.”
Richard Toscan, Playwriting Seminars 2.0: A Handbook on the Art and Craft of Dramatic Writing with an Introduction to Screenwriting

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