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Summary
Summary
Do you dream of a job as a successful television writer on a hit show?
Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin give you practical but essential advice to help make your dreams a reality. They teach you how to discover the "Franchise" or structure of a television show in order to write a successful and eye catching spec script. The four-act structure is covered, along with the elements that go into telling a good story. After you've blown them away with your spec script, learn how to pitch confidently and concisely. You'll also find invaluable information on how to work with producers, how to handle your first writing assignment, and tackle revisions. Also included are Writer's Guidelines, and beat sheets, from several television shows to help you familiarize yourself with the way writer's work.
Author Notes
Lee Goldberg is a screenwriter, TV producer, and the author of several books including King City, The Walk, the Monk series, and the Fox and O'Hare series written with Janet Evanovich. He was the 2012 recipient of the Poirot Award from Malice Domestic.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Introduction: So You Want to Write for Television | p. 1 |
1. Basic Preparation | p. 7 |
2. What Is a TV Series? | p. 13 |
3. The Four-Act Structure | p. 19 |
4. Telling a TV Story | p. 23 |
5. The Spec Script | p. 31 |
6. What to Spec? | p. 35 |
7. The Name Is Morris, William Morris | p. 41 |
8. The Pitch | p. 49 |
9. How to Read the Producer's Mind | p. 57 |
10. What to Pitch | p. 65 |
11. You've Got the Assignment, Now What? | p. 73 |
12. Your First Assignment | p. 81 |
13. We've Got a Few Notes | p. 89 |
14. Am I There Yet? | p. 99 |
15. Becoming Rob Petrie | p. 107 |
16. Rewrites | p. 115 |
17. Your Really Great Idea for a Show | p. 125 |
18. I'm a Professional Writer, and I've Got the Card to Prove It | p. 129 |
Afterword | p. 133 |
Appendices | |
A Plotting a Mystery: How We Wrote Diagnosis Murder | p. 137 |
B Diagnosis Murder Writers' Guidelines | p. 143 |
C Martial Law Writers' Guidelines | p. 147 |
D Martial Law Pitch/Leave-Behind ("Sammo Blammo") | p. 157 |
E Martial Law Beat Sheet ("Sammo Blammo") | p. 159 |
F seaQuest 2032 Pitch/Leave-Behind ("Depths of Deceit") | p. 175 |
G seaQuest 2032 Beat Sheet ("Depths of Deceit") | p. 177 |
H Diagnosis Murder Beat Sheet ("A Passion for Murder") | p. 183 |
I Diagnosis Murder Beat Sheet ("The Last Laugh") | p. 193 |