The writers' room survival guide : don't screw up the lunch order and other keys to a happy writers' room / Niceole Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Niceole, 1969- author.

Contributor:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television authorship--Vocational guidance--United States.

Television authorship.

Television writers--Professional relationships--United States.

Television writers.

Physical Description:

xiv, 315 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Studio City, CA : Michael Wiese Productions, [2022]

Summary:

"You're about to embark on a journey to an unknown land, into the writers' room of a television show. This is not like writing alone. It is a place with new people, new traditions, and new language. Going in blind could end badly. An experienced guide can help you succeed. Use this book to build skills to thrive, and to help avoid traps to survive. Writers' rooms can be a heaven or hell, depending on a few things. The best rooms foster inclusive and productive creative flow. The worst create a toxic stew of bad feelings and doubt. Both kinds and everything in between require basic knowledge of how the room works. These fundamentals are best learned before you go in. The mystery box of the writers' room need not stay sealed shut forever. Consider this book your crowbar"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The people part of the writers' room : who does what, what the titles mean, and how to get the lay of the land

The quickstart guide : logistics and other stuff that all comes before the actual work

There is no one way to run a writers' room : i mean, it sure would be nice if there was, but ...

Surviving the staff writer year : you worked so hard to get here ... now how do you not screw it up?

The writing part of being in a writers' room : this isn't you at home in your pajamas writing in the dark. Embrace the process

Writers schedules : the good, the bad, and the WTF, are you kidding me?

Room politics : how to avoid taking sides, not become a pawn, and stay out of harm's way

Oh, the places you'll go ... once production starts : writing the script is one thing. now you get to talk about it ... A LOT

Moving on up ... : what those titles mean as you move up the writer/producer ladder

Mentoring : how to accept it and ways to pay it forward

Race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability in the room : let's have the conversation here in case you have to have the conversation there

Monsters : they can't all be slayed, but they can be survived

Being yourself, safely and confidently : AKA, carving out space to be you no matter the room

Every room is about your future : the writers' room is where you learn how hard the job of Showrunner is and then choose to do it anyway

Now that your career is on the rise : you've broken in, you've survived your first few rooms. Now what?

On your worst days, remind yourself : someone is paying you to make television

Postscript : free to be you and me (AKA, why ageism sucks).

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:

9781615933464

1615933468

OCLC:

1332781078

Publisher Number:

99996102077