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The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations

Author: Georges Polti

This is the essential reference book for storytellers of every kind. It has been chosen by serious writers and those involved in the dramatic arts for over a century because it provides a more complete under- standing of story structures and plot creation than any other book. It helps one to expand creative boundaries, remove writer’s block, and increase their power to deliver a compelling story. These 36 dramatic situations are not actually plots, but the foundational building blocks for thousands of creative plots that one can produce. It is also useful to actors and directors, providing a new perspective of the added dimensions found in a story or script. To have clearly identified 36 dramatic situations with few other alternatives was pure genius and gave this book its credibility as being, arguably, the main reference work for the entire field of storytelling.

ISBN 9781585093731 • 200 pages • Size: 5.5×8.5 • Price: $16.95