Gardner's guide to television scriptwriting : the writer's road map / Marilyn Webber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webber, Marilyn.

Contributor:

Unger Gasser Family Endowment for the Study of Screenwriting, Television and New Media.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television authorship.

Physical Description:

x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Television scriptwriting

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Garth Gardner Co., ©2002.

Contents:

Chapter 1. TV Tunnels

Popular Television Genres

Tunnel Vision

Chapter 2. Premise

What You as a Writer Want to Say

Chapter 3. Universal Appeal

Why Does the Audience Care?

Chapter 4. Central Idea

What Is The Story About?

Three Basic Plots

Story Road Flags

Series Road Flags

Hook

Chapter 5. Dead End Ahead

The Central Question

What Question Drives Your Story?

What Question Drives Your Series?

Chapter 6. TV Bibles

Rules Of The Series

TV Writing Fines

Chapter 7. Graphing

Graph Of West Wing

Graph Of Gilmore Girls

Graph Of 24

Chapter 8. Introduction to Plot

Writer's TV Road Map

Falling Rocks

Parallel Streets

Ticking Clock(s)

Rest Areas

Plot Gimmicks

Elements Which Affect Plot

Chapter 9. TV Characters

Driver(s)

Solo, Duo, Or Ensemble Cast

Types Of Drivers

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Screen Directions

Chapter 19. Scene

Writing The Oblique Scene

Chapter 20. Rewrite

Structure Checklist

Character Checklist

Scene Checklist

Dialogue Checklist

Prose Checklist

Everybody's A Critic

Chapter 21. One TV or Bust

Query Letter

Script Submission

Pitch

Appendix. One Hour Teleplay: Family Creede.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Unger Gasser Family Endowment for the Study of Screenwriting, Television and New Media.

ISBN:

1589650042

9781589650046

OCLC:

50422891