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Learning from Aristotle – The Poetics of Aristotle Applied to Audio Drama – Part 4

By Philip RobothamPosted on November 3, 2021November 3, 2021Posted in Blog, drama education, Writing for RadioTagged anagnorisis, aristotle, character, hamartia, plot structures, radio drama education, script writingNo Comments

Hi, and welcome back to this ongoing dive into Aristotle’s analysis of dramaturgy. This week we are getting, at last, into the practical advice Aristotle provides to help us write our plays. Book XIII Dramatic Plots Aristotle thinks about art in primarily moral terms. Part of his purpose was to defend the arts against his […]

Integrating A and B plots in Audio Scripts

By Philip RobothamPosted on January 18, 2019January 18, 2019Posted in Blog, drama educationTagged audio drama education, Integrating A and B plots, plot structuresNo Comments

I had the opportunity to look at a script recently that made good use of the A plot – B plot combination. Integrating A and B Plots is not a technique I’ve made much use of myself, so it prompted me to do a bit of analysis regarding how this script structure works. For those […]