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Preface

When Focal Press first wanted to publish Writing Your First Play, I was elated. When people I didn’t even know began to write me letters saying how much they had benefited from the book, I was even more pleased. I mean, I knew this approach worked within my classroom setting, but I wasn’t entirely sure how it would translate to other teachers or to individuals laboring on their own. Apparently, it worked!

When Focal Press then asked me to prepare a second edition, I wondered to myself: What can I put in a second edition that I haven’t already put in the first? I knew I could update the references to plays. I knew I could include different scenes and examples with more contemporary material. I also knew I ...

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