How to Write a Bad Play

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How to Write a Very Bad Play - The Loft Literary Center More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Daniel Cummings | permalink
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For further reading: https://writersblock.loft.org/2012/09/13/1223/how_to_write_a_very_bad_play ^[1]

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What Bad Movies Teach us About Good Writing | Write to Done More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Jamilah Arkey | permalink
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Want to learn more about good writing? Here's what you can learn about good writing from bad movies.

For further reading: http://writetodone.com/what-bad-movies-teach-us-about-good-writing/ ^[2]

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The play's the thing ... unless you're a novelist More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by nur beier | permalink
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Why do so many brilliant fiction writers turn out atrocious dramas - and so many good playwrights produce bad novels? Philip Hensher investigates.
Tags: Theatre,Stage,Books,Culture

For further reading: http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jul/26/theatre ^[3]

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How to Write a Play Review More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by vibeke sode | permalink
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The performance of a play is a live experience, so it can be an exciting but difficult task to review. You have to be both the spectator, taking in and enjoying the performance, and a critic, analyzing the production. But with the right...
Tags: WikiHow, Write a Play Review, wiki, how to articles, how to instructions, DIY, tips, howto, learn, how do I

For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Play-Review ^[4]

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How to write a bad review More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Lancer Gt R | permalink
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A cruel New York Times piece shows how not to pan a book. But there is a way to do it, without appealing to trolls
Tags: Salon.com, Books, Writers and Writing, William Giraldi, Alix Ohlin

For further reading: http://www.salon.com/2012/08/18/how_to_write_a_bad_review/ ^[5]

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What's the Secret to Writing a Great Play? More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Robert Gooch | permalink
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Theatre director and critic Troy M. Hughes shares the secrets to writing a great play in this article.

For further reading: http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/aug97/whats-the-secret-to-writing-a-great-play-8974 ^[6]

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1. https://writersblock.loft.org/2012/09/13/1223/how_to_write_a_very_bad_play

2. http://writetodone.com/what-bad-movies-teach-us-about-good-writing/

3. http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jul/26/theatre

4. http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Play-Review

5. http://www.salon.com/2012/08/18/how_to_write_a_bad_review/

6. http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/aug97/whats-the-secret-to-writing-a-great-play-8974