A. S. Burack (1908–1978)
Autor/a de The Writer's Handbook
Sobre l'autor
Obres de A. S. Burack
Christmas plays for young actors; a collection of royalty-free stage and radio plays (1950) 12 exemplars
Skits, Comedies and Farces for Teen-Agers; A Collection of Humorous One-Act Royalty-Free Plays for All Occasions. (1970) 5 exemplars
Four-star radio plays for teenagers 1 exemplars
The Writer - Winter 1969 Volume 89 Number 1 1 exemplars
A TREASURY OF HOLIDAY PLAYS FOR TEEN-AGERS ROYALTY-FREE ONE-ACT PLAYS FOR CELEBRATING SPECIAL DAYS (1963) 1 exemplars
Television plays for writers 1 exemplars
Popular Plays for Classroom Reading 1 exemplars
PLAYS (MARCH 1962) 1 exemplars
The Writer's Handbook 1966 1 exemplars
PLAYS (JANUARY 1960) 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Burack, A. S.
- Nom oficial
- Burack, Abraham Saul
- Data de naixement
- 1908
- Data de defunció
- 1978-08
- Gènere
- male
- Professions
- The Writer [magazine] publisher
- Relacions
- Burack, Sylvia K. (wife), Burack, Jacob "Jake" (father), Burack, Bessie (mother)
Membres
Ressenyes
Potser també t'agrada
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 34
- Membres
- 262
- Popularitat
- #87,814
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 2
- ISBN
- 25
- Llengües
- 1
The book is divided into two parts the first being the reprint of writer and editorial advice columns from various magazines of the day. The second part is just an extended list of the submission markets at the time and was wholly uninteresting to me. If you're going to read this book read it for the first section.
For a book published in 1957 there are some things in it that are somewhat non-PC but not much at all save for 50's style references to women and men and their differences/preferences but Chapter 75: The Church is my Favorite Beat has some cringe-worthy lines in it. If you're looking for controversy it'll be in that single chapter.
With this book, I found myself enjoying the earlier chapters more (there are a total of 79 chapters/articles) and the focus of those chapters on characters and characterization. Frankly, if you can get a copy of this book for cheap, by all means, get it and read it there are things of interest here.… (més)