Summary of David Mamet’s Masterclass on Dramatic Writing
5 min readJul 27, 2021
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22 key takeaways from the Pulitzer winner playwright of Glengarry Glen Ross
- Drama is a form of myth. Myth is a poetic statement of an unverifiable reality. It’s not false but merely unverifiable. It’s a language that is ideological and works by seduction.
- Drama defines the clan. There’s nothing that coalesces people like a good story and a…