Category Archives: Playwriting

Inspiration from inside an empty matchbox

Posted on 26 November 2024 by jerrydunne604@hotmail.com

Copyright © 2014 Jerry Dunne This post demonstrates how conflict fuels and develops a story. An understanding of our simple example will help the writer with both good story structure and the search for new ideas, although it’s the ideas … Continue reading →

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From stereotype to rounded character with speed and ease

Posted on 25 November 2024 by jerrydunne604@hotmail.com

Copyright © 2023 Jerry Dunne Stereotypes are not real people, as real people are multi-dimensional. All the same, with only a few simple but poignant attributes, a stereotype offers an immediate, energetic and powerful impression. By using the stereotype as … Continue reading →

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Intellectual versus emotional inspiration in the creative writing process

Posted on 25 November 2024 by jerrydunne604@hotmail.com

Copyright © 2016 Jerry Dunne I include here a definition of these two types of inspiration, offer a practical example of each from my own work and point out some pros and cons of the two approaches. Of course, inspiration … Continue reading →

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The storytelling elements of the short story and the shorter play have much in common. So how might this be an advantage for the writer?

Posted on 25 November 2024 by jerrydunne604@hotmail.com

Copyright © 2017 Jerry Dunne Introduction The length of the short story discussed here is not much more than 10, 000 words and the length of the shorter play not beyond a 90-minute performance and often shorter. Here I show … Continue reading →

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