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Successful Television Writing
"Where was this book when I was starting out?! A fantastic,
fun, informative guide to breaking in - and more importantly,
staying in the TV writing game - from the guys who taught me
how to play it." Terence Winter, Co-Executive
Producer, The Sopranos
"Should be
required reading for all aspiring television writers."
Howard Gordon, Executive Producer, 24 and X-Files |
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Writing the TV Drama Series : How to Succeed
as a Professional Writer in TV
Here is the complete guide to the unique craft of writing drama
series for television. Learn how the industry works from the
experts who work in it, told with insight and wit by today's
top television writers and producers including Steven Bochco,
Executive Producer, Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, Blind Justice,
and more. |
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Television Writing from the Inside Out : Your
Channel to Success
Television Writing from the Inside Out is a how-to book with
a difference: Larry Brody is a television writer-producer who
has helped shape the medium. The book is rooted in experience,
and told in the breezy style that is the trademark of Brody and
his award-winning website TVWriter.Com, which has helped launch
the careers of many new writers. Television Writing from the
Inside Out covers: what writing jobs are available; the format,
structure and stages of teleplay development; tips on the writing
of different genres - drama, comedy, action, the television film,
soap opera, animation; and sample teleplays by Brody and others,
with analyses of why they were written the way they were in terms
of creativity, business, production and "insider politics." |
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Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to
Contract, Fourth Edition
"They say you can't have it all but this book has just that:
everything you need to know about writing for film and television.
Beyond profound insights into theory and analysis, here are also
important nuts-and-bolts considerations that turn real writers
into reel writers. Written in language that is itself clear as
light, the new edition expands Professor Blum's substantial contribution
to the field."
- Professor Richard Walter, author, Escape From Film School:
a Novel, UCLA Screenwriting Chairman
"This is a
terrific book if you want to learn about full-length screenplays,
half-hour comedies and one-hour dramas from start to finish.
A rare all-inclusive resource."
- David Sacks Senior Vice President Current Programming, Warner
Bros. Television |