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A 13-week recipe for writing your play

In the world of novel writing, NaNoWriMo has just buzzed along, with thousands of people having written 50000 word drafts of novels in…

Nov 14, 2017

A 13-week recipe for writing your play

Nov 14, 2017

Ben Ellis

Why do your characters sound alike? 3 solutions for playwrights

One of the most common concerns among playwrights with a play between drafts is their characters sound too alike.

Oct 31, 2017

Why do your characters sound alike? 3 solutions for playwrights

Oct 31, 2017

Ben Ellis

Answers about Falling Petals

Falling Petals is easily my most produced play, and the experience of writing it as well as of the furore around its initial production at…

Oct 24, 2017

Answers about Falling Petals

Oct 24, 2017

Ben Ellis

You’re Being Annoying, Playwright

Back in my uni days, I once said to an English lecturer that I had a great idea for a story but that I just hadn’t finished it yet.

Oct 17, 2017

You’re Being Annoying, Playwright

Oct 17, 2017

Ben Ellis

5 Things I Learned from Andrew Bovell’s Putting Words in Their Mouths

Andrew Bovell’s Platform Paper, Putting Words in their Mouths: the playwright and screenwriter at work, was published in August this year…

Oct 10, 2017

5 Things I Learned from Andrew Bovell’s Putting Words in Their Mouths

Oct 10, 2017

Ben Ellis

Getting your worst ideas out of the way (a few thoughts #9)

Between writing projects, sometimes I feel as if I will never write another thing. Or I come up with one idea, get absolutely excited about…

Oct 3, 2017

Getting your worst ideas out of the way (a few thoughts #9)

Oct 3, 2017

Ben Ellis

Comparing Trees to Plays

Wandering around what is now my local park has got me thinking about how our environments might shape our attitudes to the most basic of…

Sep 26, 2017

Comparing Trees to Plays

Sep 26, 2017

Ben Ellis

Three Easy Ways to Improve Your Playwriting

Okay, there’s no easy way to improve apart from working at writing drama, but I’ll give you a few practical ideas in this post.

Sep 19, 2017

Three Easy Ways to Improve Your Playwriting

Sep 19, 2017

Ben Ellis

Kill Your Exposition, then Hide the Body

Playwrights who have taken any of my classes in the last two years may have this commandment scribbled somewhere on a notepad:

Sep 12, 2017

Kill Your Exposition, then Hide the Body

Sep 12, 2017

Ben Ellis

There Be Dragons in Writing Plays

Id, Ego, Superego and Real, Imaginary, Symbolic -wannabe Zizek-inspired post alert…

Sep 5, 2017

There Be Dragons in Writing Plays

Sep 5, 2017

Ben Ellis

Ben Ellis

Playwright, mostly. Mostly from Australia but also the UK. Screenwriter, too. Coaches writers of all sorts. Meet me at benelliswriter.com

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