Television Writing from the Inside Out: Your Channel to Success / Edition 1

by Larry Brody

Overview

(Applause Books). Television Writing from the Inside Out is a how-to book with a difference: Larry Brody is a television writer-producer who has helped shape the medium. The book is rooted in experience, and told in the breezy style that is the trademark of Brody and his award-winning website TVWriter.Com, which has helped launch the careers of many new writers. The information given by Brody and the manner in which he gives it has made him a writing guru to thousands of hopefuls. Television Writing from the Inside Out covers: what writing jobs are available; the format, structure and stages of teleplay development; tips on the writing of different genres drama, comedy, action, the television film, soap opera, animation; and sample teleplays by Brody and others, with analyses of why they were written the way they were in terms of creativity, business, production and "insider politics." Television Writing from the Inside Out presents all that Larry Brody has learned about writing, selling and surviving in the television industry. The best-kept secret in show business has been that it is a business, but Brody's readers will know the truth and armed with their new knowledge, they will have a significant edge as they set out to conquer this fascinating field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557835017
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/01/2003
Series:	Applause Books
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	5.97(w) x 8.97(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Larry Brody has written and produced thousands of hours of network and syndicated television programming and either won or been nominated for every major television writing award. He has been Head Writer-Producer and/or Creator of the animated series Spawn and Spider-Man Unlimited, and the primetime series Mike Hammer, Baretta, Automan, Medical Story, Police Story, The Fall Guy, Man Undercover, Partners in Crime, The Streets of San Francisco and The Magician. Both Police Story and Spawn have won Emmys as Best Series. Brody's column “From the Trenches ” appears in ScreenTalk magazine. He lives in St. Joe, Arkansas, near Branson, Missouri.