Inside the Room: Writing Television with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program

Author(s): Linda Venis

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Accomplished writers from the renowned UCLA Extension Writers' Program provide an invaluable how-to book for aspiring television writers

What does it take to go from being a TV fan to a professional TV writer? Television writers whose many produced credits include "The Simpsons; Mad Men; Frasier; X-Files; Battlestar Gallactica; CSI: Miami; Law and Order; "and" House, M.D."; take aspiring writers through the process of writing their first spec script for an on-air series, creating one-hour drama and sitcom pilots that break out from the pack, and revising their scripts to meet pro standards. They also learn how to launch and sustain a writing career and get a rare look inside the process of creating, selling, and getting a TV show made. Edited by Linda Venis, Director of the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, "Inside the Room" is an unmatched resource for everything readers need to know to write their way into the Writers Guild of America.

General Information

  • : 9781592408115
  • : Gotham Books
  • : Gotham Books
  • : 0.272
  • : 05 August 2013
  • : 226mm X 152mm X 20mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Linda Venis
  • : Paperback / softback
  • : 1
  • : 808.225
  • : 272

More About The Product

Over the past two decades, Linda Venis has guided the growth of the UCLA Extension Writers Program into the nation's largest creative writing and screenwriting program. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her husband and daughter.