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

"No need for me to ever write a book on TV writing. Alex Epstein has covered it all . . . along with a few things I wouldn't have thought of. Save yourself five years of rookie mistakes. Crafty TV Writing and talent are pretty much all you'll need to make it."
--Ken Levine, writer/producer, MASH, Cheers, Frasier, The Simpsons, Wings, Becker

Everyone watches television, and everyone has an opinion on what makes good TV....

A TRIO OF TERRIFYING TALES FROM THAT LAND "OF SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE." Meet a little girl's doll who says charming things like, "My name is Talky Tina and I'm going to kill you."Say hello to Martin Senescu of Ferguson's Museum, where the wax figures of notorious murderers seem a little too real.And shake hands with movie star Pamela Morris, who gives new meaning to the phrase "eternally young." These classic scripts, two of which have never been published, are The Twilight Zone at its shivery best WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHRISTOPHER CONLON AND AN AFTERWORD BY GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON

The past few years have seen the release of "Twilight Zone" scripts by principal writers Rod Serling, Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, and Earl Hamner. With this publication, all but a few of the scripts from the original series will be in print. This distinguished pair of volumes also includes critical commentary and biographical information about the writers of these marvelous old tales. This volume contains: "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" by Reginald Rose "What's In the Box" by Martin M. Goldsmith "The Encounter" by Martin M. Goldsmith "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" by John...

A good story can easily be ruined by bad dialogue. Now in its 4th edition, Rib Davis's bestselling Writing Dialogue for Scripts provides expert insight into how dialogue works, what to look out for in everyday speech and how to use dialogue effectively in scripts. Examining practical examples from film, TV, theatre and radio, this book will help aspiring and professional writers alike perfect their skills.

The 4th edition of Writing Dialogue for Scripts includes: a look at recent films, such as American Hustle and Blue Jasmine; TV shows such as Mad...

From All Quiet on the Western Front, the Academy Award-winning "Best Picture" of 1929-1930, to Dances with Wolves, the 1991 winner, many of Hollywood's most popular and enduring movies have been screen adaptations of written work, including novels, stories, and plays. In this practical, hands-on guide, veteran TV and screenwriter Ben Brady unlocks the secrets of the adaptation process, showing aspiring writers and writing teachers how to turn any kind of narrative material into workable, salable screenplays for film and television.

Step by step, Brady...

Television Dramatic Dialogue examines, from an applied sociolinguistic perspective, and with reference to television, the particular kind of "artificial" talk that we know as dialogue: onscreen/on-mike talk delivered by characters as part of dramatic...

Television Dramatic Dialogue examines, from an applied sociolinguistic perspective, and with reference to television, the particular kind of "artificial" talk that we know as dialogue: onscreen/on-mike talk delivered by characters as part of...

Anyone fortunate enough to win a seat in Professor Richard Walter's legendary class at UCLA film school can be confident their career has just taken a quantum leap forward. His students have written more than ten projects for Steven Spielberg alone, plus hundreds of other Hollywood blockbusters and prestigious indie productions, including two recent Oscar winners for best original screenplay-Milk (2008) and Sideways (2006).

In this updated edition,...