What are a playwright’s main duties and responsibilities.

The person who writes playwrights and its means like to write scripts for functions, events, shows, and dramas. They write the play through dialogue, characters, stories, etc. They are more specialized for the stage in writing stories.

Not only that but they are also known as scriptwriters and dramatists. They also cooperate with producers and directors to bring their work on plays.

• Create and Write a play 
• Gather data through research, facts, or stories.
• Creating scripts and stories
• Stick to his plans
• Setting and writing the dialogue
• Check actions they play according to their scripts.
• Preparing the descriptions
• Coordinating with directors and producers for the play
• Create characters for scripts.
• Stay strict and focused on their deadlines.

High School

Get a high school diploma, generally, a GED diploma is enough. For more, they will join the high school drama club to gain experience.

Higher secondary education

A college degree is not enough to master and write a play. They required some inspiring background for a playwright. Attend the seminars, communication classes, liberal arts, English lectures, etc.

Other Education and Training

Other education and training means of, like apprenticeships and internships, are through college programs at local and regional theaters, etc.

Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits

Well-known playwrights have successful careers and have such a great experience in writing. They have great skill in writing through dialogue and stories and creating characters. Most importantly, they have a good command of English. In personality traits, they come with a creative mindset and you can work alone.

In the future, if you want to become a playwright, then you will learn the following skills:

• Scriptwriting
• English writing skills
• Typing skills
• Good research technique
• Have the ability to observation
• Creative mindset and a clear vision
• Creative speech styles and delivering messages well
• Time management
• Punctual in work
• Proofreading, editing, and revision skills
• Show loyalty to work
• Build a strong network with people.
• Create characters for the story.

Starting a playwriting career, you will spend most of the time alone writing a play for the theater or show. If you work and play write well, then a company or theater takes you, and you’re able to perform it. You will be able to find work and become publishers. In these fields, many actors are also playwrights, even directors and producers. The playwright wrote a choreographer cue to write according to the play.

Have different salary packages for the jobs and the experiences. The most important things that salaries depend on are countries and cities.

Top earners	High	Average	Low
Hourly	$19	$15	$9
Weekly	$356	$603	$788
Monthly	$1,542	$2,615	$1,542
Yearly	$18,500	$31,387	$41,000

The above-mentioned pay is guidance pay in the USA, and it might be different in other countries as well as their experiences.

1. William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. 

1. Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and theater director.

1. Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright, essayist, and screenwriter.

1. Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams was an American playwright and screenwriter. 

1. Sarah Kane

              Sarah Kane was an English playwright, screenwriter, and theater director.

1. Anton Chekhov

             Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer.

1. August Wilson

            August Wilson was an American playwright

1. Eugene O’Neill

            Eugene Gladstone O’Neill was an American playwright. 

1. Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was an American playwright.

It is a dramatist, and it primarily functions to write dramas. They are further classified into the following types: 

• Comedies
• Mysteries
• Thrillers
• Musicals
• Triangle Twist