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Inside the TV Writer's Room

Practical Advice For Succeeding in Television

Lawrence Meyers author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Syracuse University Press

Published:30th Jun '10

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A collection of interviews with some of today's top episodic TV writers contains revealing insights to why people become television writers and what makes them successful. 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.

This humorous work, a roundtable organization of interviews with several screenwriters, discusses sacrifices, cautionary measures, and lessons every TV writer must discover. Inside the TV Writer’s Room takes you inside the heart and soul of television writing and what really makes a show, and its writers, tick. With more than a peek into some of the best brains (and pens!) in television, Meyers’s insightful book shows why their hearts beat so strongly for what they do and what you want to do . . . which is to become a successful TV writer. Buy this book and throw out everything else. Period.

ISBN: 9780815632412

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm

Weight: 454g

216 pages