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Entire libraries explore in great depth the many facets of the world of drama. In this handy primer, Edward Fink condenses centuries of writing about dramatic theory into a concise and readable guide to the fundamental principles of dramatic story structure. The structure of this book is straightforward. The first six chapters examine the six elements of drama discussed by Aristotle in 'The Poetics'. A seventh chapter discusses five additional concepts: unity, metaphor, style, universality, and catharsis.

A successful screenplay starts with an understanding of the fundamentals of dramatic story structure. In this practical introduction, Edward J. Fink condenses centuries of writing about dramatic theory into ten concise and readable chapters, providing the tools for building an engaging narrative and turning it into an agent-ready script. Fink devotes chapters to expanding on the six basic elements of drama from Aristotle's Poetics (plot, character, theme, dialogue, sound, and spectacle), the theory and structure of comedy, as well as the concepts of unity, metaphor, style, universality, and...