The legendary playwright and dialogue master tells us about writing plays.
Perhaps advice books is not his forte.
I found one useful observation: the play is a quest for a solution.
Many artists, writers, comedians, and of course scientists share this aim as their orienting point: finding the truth.
But Mamet adds a helpful staging. The play starts when the problem has ripened, not too early. In this he adds a great insight. The 2 hours of dialogue won’t develop the content fast enough.
Painting is different perhaps? Maybe not.
Here is checkmate about to happen in a new painting by Tom Sanford:
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