Meaning of play-writing | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“Only by bearing the audience constantly in mind⟳ can the student learn⟳ the numerous devices which make⟳ play-writing an art quite different from any other form⟳ of narration.”

“One does learn⟳ a little through the years, of course, but what one learns is the surface tricks of play-writing, never how to avoid⟳ the major errors. Perhaps the reason⟳ that one can never practice the art of play-writing with any degree of sureness or security is that each play⟳ has a peculiar and separate⟳ life of its own⟳.”

“As a playwright she has won the Nick Darke award for her script Paradise (an environmental play⟳) and the Generation Zed play-writing competition for a script idea for the Pilot Theatre to be developed for young people (11–15 year olds).”

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