Letters to a Young Playwright: Practical and Impractical Advice on the Art of Playwriting

Adam Szymkowicz is a full-time playwright who has carved out a niche for himself without relying on big institutions or a mega-hit Broadway production. His body of work is staged everywhere from big-city theatres to colleges and high schools, and he has written Letters to a Young Playwright, a book of hard-earned, unsentimental, and entertaining advice to early-career dramatists. It covers topics like writers block, self-promotion, and the pluses and minuses of pivoting to Hollywood in insightful and digestible short essays.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 194 pages
Publication date: 24 September 2024
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press

Adam Szymkowicz is a full-time playwright who has carved out a distinctive niche for himself without relying on big institutions or the brass ring of a mega-hit Broadway production. Each year, his body of work is staged everywhere from big-city theatres to colleges and high schools. In Letters to a Young Playwright, Szymkowicz dispenses hard-earned, unsentimental, and entertaining advice to early-career dramatists. Modeled on Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, it covers topics like writers block, self-promotion, and the pluses and minuses of pivoting to Hollywood in insightful and digestible short essays. Perfect for beginning playwrights as well as mid-career writers looking to reinvigorate their craft and career, it contains endlessly useful advice and reflections from one of the most-produced living playwrights in America.

Weight: 227g
Dimension: 202 x 127 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781493088195