Steve Gooch's book is a guide to writing, marketing and producing plays. It provides guidelines for structuring the plot, developing characters and writing dialogue. Advice is given on setting out the typescript, getting the play performed and deciding how long it should run. Finally, the book discusses how to market your play, the pros and cons of working with theatre groups and authors' rights and royalties. The author has worked for many years as a freelance dramatist, a literary manager and a teacher.