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Write to TV
Learn to craft smart, original scripts and teleplays for a variety of television formats, including comedy, animation, drama, movies of the week, pilots, reality television, TV news magazine, and children's programming. Using the tools the author checklists, sample outlines and treatments for each format, sample script pages, war stories from writers and executives, and a sample query letter to introduce finished script pages to agents, you'll avoid common pitfalls and come across as an industry veteran. Benefit from the experience of 45 luminaries contribute their experience and wisdom, including Jay Leno, Mike Wallace, Norman Lear, Paul Haggis, writers for "Grey's Anaatomy," "Desperate Housewives," and more!
With twenty-five years of industry experience as a television writer and producer, Martie Cook teaches you not only how to hone your craft but also how to break into the industry. Guiding you through the often confusing television hierarchy, Write to TV offers practical advice on important issues such as how to get an agent, how to write a query letter, how to network, even how to "do lunch". By learning how to craft smart scripts for a variety of television formats and how to get your foot in the door and keep it there, this invaluable book will help you get that big idea out of your head, onto the page, and then to the top of the heap.
With twenty-five years of industry experience as a television writer and producer, Martie Cook teaches you not only how to hone your craft but also how to break into the industry. Guiding you through the often confusing television hierarchy, Write to TV offers practical advice on important issues such as how to get an agent, how to write a query letter, how to network, even how to "do lunch". By learning how to craft smart scripts for a variety of television formats and how to get your foot in the door and keep it there, this invaluable book will help you get that big idea out of your head, onto the page, and then to the top of the heap.
348 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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June 10, 2007
Solid information, candidly told -- but the drop quotes began to drive me insane about 1/4th of the way through the book. They were all good quotes and from knowledgeable people, but they often had little to do with the topic being discussed.
Still, worth reading if you've never taken a television writing class and want to know more about it. Covers areas that most books of this genre do not, such as writing movies-of-the-week and for local news and magazine shows.
(At $30, however, the price is a little steep.)
Still, worth reading if you've never taken a television writing class and want to know more about it. Covers areas that most books of this genre do not, such as writing movies-of-the-week and for local news and magazine shows.
(At $30, however, the price is a little steep.)
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