The Art and Craft of Playwriting. Copyright ©1996 by Jeffrey Hatcher. Printed and bound in the United States of America. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by Story Press, an imprint of F+W Publications, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236. (800) 289–0963. First paperback edition 2000.

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Library of Congress has catalogued hard copy edition as follows:

Hatcher, Jeffrey.
     The art and craft of playwriting / by Jeffrey Hatcher.
          p.      cm.
     ISBN-13: 978-1-884910-06-7 (hard cover)
     ISBN-10: 1-884910-06-8 (hard cover)
     1. Playwriting. 2. Drama—Technique. I. Title.
PN1661.H33    1996
808.2—dc20
ISBN-13: 978-1-884910-46-3 (pbk: alk. paper)                                                                  95–52373
ISBN-10: 1-884910-46-7 (pbk: alk. paper)
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