MFA in playwriting Archives - Page 5 of 11

The tyranny of the written…

By Buzz McLaughlin|2016-11-23T18:10:00-05:00November 23rd, 2016|low-residency MFA in writing for stage and screen, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, rewriting, rewriting process, script consulting, script revisions, the writing process|

Often, the biggest rewriting hurdle for writers is freeing themselves [...]

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Finding a title for your script that works, Part 2

By Buzz McLaughlin|2016-11-15T13:14:00-05:00November 15th, 2016|first draft, low-residency MFA in writing for stage and screen, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, script consulting, script titles, the writing process|

Last week I focused on the critical importance of capturing [...]

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Finding a title for your script that works…

By Buzz McLaughlin|2016-11-08T13:10:00-05:00November 8th, 2016|low-residency MFA in writing for stage and screen, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, MFA in scriptwriting, rewriting process, screenwriting process, script consulting, script titles|

Every writer I know needs to have a working title [...]

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Rules to live by in the entertainment industry…

By Buzz McLaughlin|2016-11-01T11:53:00-04:00November 1st, 2016|careers in film, discipline for the writer, Dreamworks, entertainment industry, Gail Currey, low-residency MFA in writing for stage and screen, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, script consulting|

Last week at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester, [...]

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How to have fun writing your first draft…

By Buzz McLaughlin|2016-10-25T09:09:00-04:00October 25th, 2016|backstory, character development, first draft, low-residency MFA in writing for stage and screen, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, plot outlining, script consulting|

I'm a big believer that the writing of your first [...]

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A classic problem in scriptwriting…

By Buzz McLaughlin|2016-10-18T17:25:00-04:00October 18th, 2016|exposition, inventing plot, low-residency MFA in writing for stage and screen, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, script consulting, the writing process|

I've been working with several writers in the past few [...]

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Contaminating the writing process…

By Buzz McLaughlin|2016-10-11T12:46:00-04:00October 11th, 2016|discipline for the writer, low-residency MFA in writing for stage and screen, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, script consulting, scriptwriting process, the writing process|

A lot of my students and clients are currently in [...]

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My encounter with Edward Albee…

By Buzz McLaughlin|2016-10-04T12:51:00-04:00October 4th, 2016|Dramatists Guild, Edward Albee, low-residency MFA in writing for stage and screen, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, script consulting, the writing process|

Last month the news swept through the theatre and entertainment [...]

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Trusting the writing process…

By Buzz McLaughlin|2016-09-26T13:18:00-04:00September 26th, 2016|backstory, character exploration, low-residency MFA in writing for stage and screen, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, pre-writing, script consulting, the writing process|

I'm continually struck by the degree to which I find [...]

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How to avoid getting lost in your first draft…

By Buzz McLaughlin|2016-08-31T15:04:00-04:00August 31st, 2016|backstory, character exploration, first draft, low-residency MFA in writing for stage and screen, MFA in playwriting, MFA in screenwriting, script consulting, the writing process|

I'm so often struck by the number of playwrights and [...]

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