Book excerpt: There is No Better Way Than To Learn From Successes. The problem is that successful playwrights are not always the best teachers. These letters in themselves are not a course of study, but rather consider these missives to serve as muses that sit on your shoulder and opine. There are no workable rules for play-writing to be found hereÑnor, indeed, any particular light of any kind on the subject, so the letters may be approached with a mind arranged for enjoyment. As to the talented authors of these letters, they know excellently wellÑevery one of themÑhow to write a playÑor did while still aliveÑeven tho some of them see fit to deny it; but they cannot tell us how to do it for the very good reason that it cannot be told. Their charming efforts to find a way out when cornered by such an inquiry as appears to have been made to them are surely worth all their trouble and annoyanceÑnot to speak of their highly probable exasperation. Get Your Copy Now.