So You Want to Write Radio Drama? - Couverture souple

Grove, Claire; Wyatt, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848422830 ISBN 13 : 9781848422834

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 2013

Synopsis

A practical guide to writing radio drama and getting it produced, by a leading radio dramatist and a hugely experienced radio drama producer who have both created award-winning dramas for the BBC.

For writers, radio drama offers a remarkable degree of creative freedom, a unique relationship with an audience listening at home or on the move, and a wealth of opportunities to earn a living. But writing for radio is also a very particular craft, with its own distinctive conventions, techniques and pitfalls. And you need to know how the industry works to stand the best chance of getting your play commissioned.

This book, written from the dual perspective of a writer and a radio drama producer, tells you all you need to know about:

what works well on radio, and what doesn't

how to hook listeners from the start, and how to keep them listening

how to format your script

how to research and contact the right producer for your play

what to expect after you've received a commission

what happens when you're in the recording studio

Full of practical advice, tips and invaluable inside information about the industry, it also includes extracts from many outstanding radio dramas and a series of writing exercises to help put ideas into practice.

So You Want To Write Radio Drama? is an essential guide for anybody who wants to write a radio play, whether you're a first-time writer or one currently working in a different medium. It will also be of help to those already involved in making radio drama, or who simply want an insight into how it is written and made.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Claire Grove was a Sony Radio Academy Award-winning radio producer who created over three hundred dramas for BBC Radio 4, Radio 3 and the World Service, including Classic Chandler, a landmark series dramatising all eight Philip Marlowe novels, and The Complete Ripley. She died in 2013 after a battle with cancer.

Stephen Wyatt is the only writer to have won the Tinniswood Award for best radio drama script twice - for Memorials to the Missing in 2007 and Gerontius in 2011. As well as writing over twenty original scripts for radio and numerous dramatisations, he has written for television and theatre. His first novel was published in 2012.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848422830
• ISBN 13: 9781848422834
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible