Inside the TV writer's room : practical advice for succeeding in television / edited by Lawrence Meyers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meyers, Lawrence.

Series:

Television and popular culture.

Television and popular culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television authorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aspiring writers often ask how they can break into the television writing business. Meyers believes that the answer can be found by asking why people become television writers and what makes them successful. Inside the TV Writer's Room reveals these insights and much more. This volume, a collection of interviews with some of today's top episodic writers arranged in a roundtable format, explores the artists' drive to express how they honed their creativity, and what compromises they have made to pursue their craft both before and after finding success. Each chapter's topic is distilled into a practical lesson for both professionals and aspirants to heed if they wish to find or maintain success in writing for television. The book includes such leading entertainment writers and producers as Neal Baer, executive producer of the NBC series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Tim King of the groundbreaking hit Heroes, Peter Lenkov of 24 and CSI: New York, and Shawn Ryan, creator of the acclaimed series The Shield. Individual writers discuss the struggle to balance artistic fulfillment with the realities of commerce, and how they inject an original voice into a show that is often not their own creation.

Contents:

How to break in; or, Why it's all so random

How to be a TV staff writer; or, Why there is no I in team

How to make your writing personal; or, Why you must take the "me" out of it

How to be a better writer; or, Why that college degree matters

How to find your voice; or, Why theme is important

How to embrace or ignore your past; or, Why you must say yes

How to start writing; or, Why writer's block is bunk

How to really write a teleplay; or, Why it's about process, not product

How to run a show; or, Why you should be careful what you wish for

Case study : Tim Kring and Heroes.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815651383

0815651384

OCLC:

759158732