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Deborah S. Patz

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Deb Patz has been a filmmaker on award-winning productions since the mid-1980s, primarily as a production manager and coordinator, and then as production executive and finally as a business affairs analyst. She has worked with Lucasfilm, IMAX, MCA/Universal, Alliance/Atlantis, Nelvana, BBC, CBC, the Disney Channel, and the list goes on.

Based on her experiences, she wrote her first book on production coordination (published in 1997) and followed up by writing production management books (published in 2002, 2010 & 2025) and a book for teen filmmakers (in 2017). Her books are available around the world and in 3 languages.

She currently lives with her family and a stubborn but adorable westie-dog in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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How Long Does It Take To Write A Book (Part 2: Planning It)

Okay, it’s kinda strange for Part 2 of this post to be about the planning writing a book after having covered the actual sit-down writing process in Part 1. The reason is that you can easily spend all your time planning and never get to the stage of actual writing and the actual writing stage is essential… so I gave it to you first. But yes, you have to plan a book before writing it.

The planning a

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	Film Production Management 101: Management & Coordination in a Digital Age 4.16 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surviving Production: The Art of Production Management for Film and Television 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	WRITE! SHOOT! EDIT!: The Complete Guide for Teen Filmmakers 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	制片101：影视项目管理和统筹入门（第2版）/ Film Production Management 101：Management and Coordination in a Digital Age, 2nd 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Film Production Management 101: Production Management and Coordination in an Era of The Respectful Workplace and Sustainable Practices 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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