What does it take to go from being a TV fan to a professional TV writer? Television writers--whose many produced credits
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Table of contents :
Introduction / Linda Venis --
Section I: writing your one-hour television drama specs and pilots. Writing the on-air one-hour drama spec: the story and outline / Joel Anderson Thompson
Writing the on-air one-hour drama spec: the script / Charlie Craig
Writing the one-hour drama pilot / Richard Manning
Revising one-hour drama specs and pilots / Matt Witten --
Section II: writing your half-hour television comedy specs and pilots. Writing the on-air half-hour comedy spec: the story and outline / Julie Chambers and David Chambers
Writing the on-air half-hour comedy spec: the script / Julie Chambers and David Chambers
Writing the half-hour comedy pilot / Phil Kellard
Sitcom master class: creating comedy through character / David Isaacs --
Section III: being a professional in the television business. Launching and sustaining a television writing career / Alison Lea Bingeman
The tv year / Richard Hatem.