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🎙️📖 Welcome to Revise and Resubmit — and you're tuned in to our special weekend segment: Weekend Book Review! 🛋️☕📚
Today’s episode isn’t just about a book.
It’s about the book.
The one that cracked open the secret code behind every play, every screenplay, every scene that ever made you sit up in your seat and whisper, "Whoa." 🎭✨
We’re talking about the timeless masterpiece…
👉 The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri, first published back in 1946 by Simon & Schuster — and yet, it still burns with more life than most dialogue written last week. 🔥🖋️
Egri doesn’t hand you a formula.
He gives you a philosophy.
He teaches that the premise is your story’s heartbeat 💓— not a theme, not a vibe, but a conviction, a truth you must prove through your characters, your structure, your conflict. 🧠⚖️
He shows you how to build characters with flesh and flaws — not puppets, but people.
People with backstories, belief systems, and buttons that get pushed when the heat is on. 🧍♀️💬🔥
And conflict?
Oh, conflict isn't just a plot point.
It’s the engine.
It’s the reason your reader turns the page, the fire that tests your premise, the hammer that forges truth from tension. 💥🛠️🎭
📚 Egri’s words have shaped generations of writers, playwrights, and screenwriters — and if you’re serious about storytelling, this book doesn’t just belong on your shelf... it belongs in your blood. 🩸📘
🙏 A standing ovation to Lajos Egri for this towering contribution to the art of writing, and to Simon & Schuster for bringing it into the world.
If today’s review sparked something in you — a story waiting to be told, a character you’ve been avoiding, or just a reminder that structure is soul — then don’t forget to subscribe to Revise and Resubmit on Spotify 🎧, follow us on YouTube at Weekend Researcher 📺, and catch every episode on Amazon Prime and Apple Podcast 🍏📲.
Because this is Weekend Book Review, where forgotten classics become timeless companions. ✨📖
And here’s the curious question to carry with you into your next blank page:
🧐 If your story doesn’t begin with a premise worth proving… is it really a story at all? 💭✍️
Reference
Egri, L. (1946). The art of dramatic writing : its basis in the creative interpretation of human motives. Simon and Schuster.
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