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Successful television writing
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Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2003
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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

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introduction: So You Want to Write for Televisionp. 1
1. Basic Preparationp. 7
2. What Is a TV Series?p. 13
3. The Four-Act Structurep. 19
4. Telling a TV Storyp. 23
5. The Spec Scriptp. 31
6. What to Spec?p. 35
7. The Name Is Morris, William Morrisp. 41
8. The Pitchp. 49
9. How to Read the Producer's Mindp. 57
10. What to Pitchp. 65
11. You've Got the Assignment, Now What?p. 73
12. Your First Assignmentp. 81
13. We've Got a Few Notesp. 89
14. Am I There Yet?p. 99
15. Becoming Rob Petriep. 107
16. Rewritesp. 115
17. Your Really Great Idea for a Showp. 125
18. I'm a Professional Writer, and I've Got the Card to Prove Itp. 129
Afterwordp. 133
Appendices
A Plotting a Mystery: How We Wrote Diagnosis Murderp. 137
B Diagnosis Murder Writers' Guidelinesp. 143
C Martial Law Writers' Guidelinesp. 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
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