If you want to be a TV writer, order this book immediately and start reading it. If you want to be a writer, but you're not sure what kind, check out this book. If you don't care about writing, but you love TV, you'll love this book, too.
For the TV fan, this book is full of fascinating information about life behind the scenes, including how the TV industry is structured, how pilots work, how series are staffed, and a whole lot more. It includes entertaining trivia about the history of television, as well as surprising facts about past and current shows. Ever wonder how TV ratings work? It's in there. Ever wonder how much it costs to produce a pilot or a single episode of a TV show? Check out this book. You won't be disappointed. It's written in an easy to ready style, and is appealing to the general reader, who hasn't already spent years working in the entertainment business.
For the aspiring writer, this book gives you a full view of what it's like to get into the TV industry and what life is like as a TV writer. If you're not sure whether you want to be a TV writer, a screenplay writer, or a novel writer, this can help give you an idea of whether television is for you, or whether you're better off focusing your writing efforts elsewhere. It can even give you ideas on how to develop other kinds of writing: character development, point of view, and the premise are present in many other types of writing as well. Personally, reading this book gave me a lot of ideas for non-TV writing.
And, of course, if you're looking to break into the industry as a TV writer, this book is the bible you need to get started. Don't make another move until you've read this book. If you think you need to wait tables in LA for years until you get your writing break, you're dead wrong. There are a lot of things you can (and should) actively do to jump start your TV writing career, and this book lays it all out on the line. Step by step, it tells you exactly what you need to do go get started. The rest is up to you.
This book first explains how to get started in the TV industry (it's not easy, but there are several paths to take and each one is explained here), and then takes an aspiring TV writer through the long process of getting a script onto the air, step by step, with all the details. The author tells exactly what to expect along the way, including pitching a pilot, developing a pilot, the process of pilot pickup, and the development of a series. He also explains the importance of the syndication process (with rare exceptions, a show doesn't generate profit until it's been sold into syndication) and how to write a series so that it's easy to syndicate (this is very important).
There's also a full glossary of industry terms, as well as a huge appendix of additional reading, including sources for industry news, TV organizations and associations, writing programs and classes, and podcasts on the industry.
I can't imagine there's a more informative book about the television industry out there. This book tells it all, in an engaging, easy to understand style. I highly recommend it, for either the aspiring writer or for any TV fan. Enjoy!
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