Naked Playwriting: The art, the craft, and the life laid Bare »

Robin U. Russin is a playwright, award-winning screenwriter, producer, and UCLA screenwriting teacher. Among his film credits is the action film On Deadly Ground, starring and directed by Steven Segal.

William Missouri Downs trained in playwriting under Lanford Wilson and Milan Stitt at the Circle Repertory Theatre in New York He is an award-winning playwright whose work has been produced at the Kennedy Center and the Berkeley Rep. He also writes for film and television; his credits include Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, My Two Dads, and Amen.

Russin and Downs are the authors of the book Screenplay: Writing the Picture (1.879505.70.3), also published by Silman-James Press.

Naked Playwriting is a complete playwriting course-from developing a theme through plotting and structuring a play, developing characters, creating dialog, formatting the script, and applying methods that aid the actual writing and rewriting processes. Naked Playwriting also offers sound guidance on marketing and submitting play scripts for both contests and production, protecting one's copyright, and working with directors and theater companies.

Well-written, comprehensive, and filled with illustrative examples, Naked Playwriting includes both innovative and tried-and-true writing techniques, sage advice from veteran writers, a short study of the major schools of dramatic thought, and writing anecdotes. This one-of-a-kind playwriting book, which covers both the basics of playwriting and the practical advice on getting a play published and produced, will help both novices and working writers discover and improve their playwriting skills and see their plays performed on a stage.

Biography

Robin U. Russin is a playwright, award-winning screenwriter, producer, and UCLA screenwriting teacher. Among his film credits is the action film On Deadly Ground, starring and directed by Steven Segal.

William Missouri Downs trained in playwriting under Lanford Wilson and Milan Stitt at the Circle Repertory Theatre in New York He is an award-winning playwright whose work has been produced at the Kennedy Center and the Berkeley Rep. He also writes for film and television; his credits include Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, My Two Dads, and Amen.

Russin and Downs are the authors of the book Screenplay: Writing the Picture (1.879505.70.3), also published by Silman-James Press.