Böcker av Lajos Egri

Egri's treatise The Art of Dramatic Writing was first published in 1946 and remains today one of the best creative writing "how to" books ever written. It is a concise guide to all forms of creative writing, from premise to characters to plot, with special attention to the heart of any drama which are its characters and their inner natures and inter-relationships that move a story and give it life. Few books attempt to analyze play-construction as well as this book, and its principles and methods are so valid that they apply equally well to the short story, novel, and screenplay.

This best-selling The Art of Dramatic Writing presents simply, clearly, and concisely the fundamentals of all good writing. The author offers a step-by-step guide for the de-velopment of fiction, plays, and television and radio scripts. He shows how to probe the secrets of human motivation to create flesh and blood characters who create suspense and conflict and who grow emotionally under stress and strain. Basically, this book outlines in detail the Egri Method of Creative Writ-ing, which has won such wide acclaim. This method, used by Lajos Egri in his private consultations with writers and producers in Hollywood and with student writers all over the world, is here presented in full.

MASTER THE FUNDAMENTALS OF GREAT WRITINGThousands of books have been written on the subject of writing and how to do it better. Among them are a few select classics that reveal the essential elements of good storytelling. The Art of Creative Writing is such a classic. As in the bestselling The Art of Dramatic Writing, still considered one of the most essential books on playwriting more than 75 years after publication, the author outlines in detail his highly acclaimed Egri Method of Creative Writing and shows how to apply it to all fiction formats—novels, short stories, and screenplays. Grounded in Egri’s assertion that “Every type of creative writing depends upon the credibility of a character,” here is concise, clear advice on the most important element of good writing: characterization. Step by step, Egri shows writers how to probe the secrets of human motivation to create flesh-and-blood characters who create suspense and conflict, and who grow emotionally under stress and strain.   As practical as it is inspiring, The Art of Creative Writing remains a timeless, illuminating guide that teaches every writer, and aspiring writer, how to create works that are both compelling and enduring.

Amid the hundreds of 'how-to' books that have appeared in recent years, there have been very few which attempted to analyze the mysteries of play-construction. This book does just that.