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Learning from Aristotle – The Poetics of Aristotle Applied to Audio Drama – Part 3

By Philip RobothamPosted on October 31, 2021October 31, 2021Posted in Blog, drama education, Writing for RadioTagged aristotle, complex plots, drama as imitation, emotion, radio drama education, revelation, reversal, script writing, simple plotsNo Comments

Today, I’m only travelling a short distance through Aristotle’s poetics. He is again presenting us with a series of definitions, but these definitions are highly practical (at least until we get to book XII which, I think, can be skipped without any real loss occurring). If we use these definitions as a guide, we gain […]

9 tips to Help Write Action Scenes in Audio Drama Scripts

By Philip RobothamPosted on September 22, 2017April 4, 2018Posted in Blog, drama education, Writing for RadioTagged action scenes, analysis, emotion, example, mood, outline, pacing, radio writing, scriptwriting, storytelling, surpriseNo Comments

Tips for Planning the Action I’m not particularly good at doing action scenes so a while back I did a bit of research and thinking in order to improve what I do. Here are some general principles for designing action scenes that I arrived at. They help me to be a bit more deliberate about […]