Crafty TV Writing: Thinking Inside the Box

Epstein, Alex

ISBN 10: 0805080287 / ISBN 13: 9780805080285

Published by Holt Paperbacks, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crafty TV Writing: Thinking Inside the Box
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805080287
• ISBN 13: 9780805080285
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

A professional TV writer's real-world guide to getting paid to write great television

Everyone watches television, and everyone has an opinion on what makes good TV. But, as Alex Epstein shows in this invaluable guide, writing for television is a highly specific craft that requires knowledge, skill, and more than a few insider's tricks.

Epstein, a veteran TV writer and show creator himself, provides essential knowledge about the entire process of television writing, both for beginners and for professionals who want to go to the next level. Crafty TV Writing explains how to decode the hidden structure of a TV series. It describes the best ways to generate a hook, write an episode, create characters the audience will never tire of, construct entertaining dialogue, and use humor. It shows how to navigate the tough but rewarding television industry, from writing your first "spec" script, to getting hired to work on a show, to surviving--even thriving--if you get fired. And it illuminates how television writers think about the shows they're writing, whether they're working in comedy, drama, or "reality."

Fresh, funny, and informed, Crafty TV Writing is the essential guide to writing for and flourishing in the world of television.

About the Author

Alex Epstein is the author of Crafty Screenwriting. He has worked as a development executive, television story editor, and television writer for more than a decade. He co-created the comic drama series Naked Josh, and was head writer for the science fiction series Charlie Jade. A graduate of Yale University and the UCLA School of Film and Television, he writes the popular blog Complications Ensue.