You're a creative writer. But are you a high-impact DRAMATIC writer? Are your ideas reaching your readers' hearts and emotions? Making them laugh, cry, howl and ...wait? Dramatic techniques are powerful writing strategies used by playwrights, screenwriters and dramaturgs. Fiction writers often don't know they even exist! But getting to grips with them will transform your writing skill. Using dramatic techniques can help you to become a bolder writer, a more confident editor. Help you wrangle stories and characters to create more impact and tension. Build irresistible scenes with a strong backbone. And power up ALL your writing - whether fiction, poetry or scripts. This practical guide is ideal for ambitious fiction writers, playwrights, poets and copywriters looking for proven techniques to punch up their writing.