Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / David A. Crespy -- Copyright Page / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 1 The Dreamwright Workshop / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 2 Structure of the Dreamwork, Myth, Ceremony, and Ritual / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 3 Ancient Dream Structures: Myths and the Greek Chorus / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 4 African-American Dream Funhouse - Creating Ritual Liminality / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 5 Transfiguration of Gender and Identity - Transformations, Mutability, and Androgyny / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 6 The Dreamer's Heart - Thinking Backwards First / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 7 Magic Plot Cards - The Dreamwright as Storyteller / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 8 The Snap of the Heartstring - Symbolism and Romanticism / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 9 Realms of Theatricality - Surrealism and Waking Dreams / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 10 Inside out - a Feminist Expressionism of Dreaming / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 11 Epic Theatre and The Lucid Dream / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 12 Postmodernist Worlds of Slippage / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 13 The Absurdist Nightmare and the Dramatic Wet Dream / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 14 The Breathing of a Play: Music and Ritualized Sacrifice / David A. Crespy -- Chapter 15 Comedy Shock: Rhythms of Menace and Joy / David A. Crespy -- Conclusion / David A. Crespy.

Dreamwork for Dramatic Writing: Dreamwrighting for Stage and Screen teaches you how to use your dreams, content, form, and structure, to write surprisingly unique new drama for film and stage. It is an exciting departure from traditional linear, dramatic technique, and addresses both playwriting and screenwriting, as the profession is increasingly populated by writers who work in both stage and screen. Developed through 25 years of teaching award-winning playwrights in the University of Missouri's Writing for Performance Program, and based upon the phenomenological research of renowned performance theorist Bert O. States, this book offers a foundational, step-by-step organic guide to non-traditional, non-linear technique that will help writers beat clichéd, tired dramatic writing and provides stimulating new exercises to transform their work.

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