thread: 2006-02-20 : Open House: Ask a Frequent Question, pt 2
On 2006-07-06, Curly wrote:
I've got a copy of Lagos Egri's "Art of Dramatic Writing" from the public library, and 82/300th's of the way in—
I am finding it to be quite a snore.
At the very least, his vernacular is dated. He sounds like an old fuddy-dud.
Egri reminds me of 'how to roleplay' and 'how to gm' text from old games. Yeah, -maybe- there's still some good tips buried in there. But, yeesh, I'd much rather read fully-baked advice-text from a new Forge game.
Unless:
Is there something special in this book that you think makes it uniquely worth reading? Or has it been superceded by 60 years of other books analyzing drama?
