A Friend in the Business

Honest Advice for Anyone Trying to Break Into Television Writing

• Author(s): Robert Masello,
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Pages: 257
• ISBN_10: 0399526021
  ISBN_13: 9780399526022
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Careers / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Writing / General , Performing Arts / Television / General , Performing Arts / Television / Screenwriting , Self-Help / Personal Growth / Success ,

Description:... Everyone who wants to write for television could use friend in the business. Robert Masello can be that friend. He's an "award-winning journalist, author, and successful TV writer. Now he's sharing the insider secrets he learned the hard way...
-- Finding someone to read your spec script
-- Protecting your ideas
-- Bagging a good agent
-- Landing a staff job -- and keeping it
-- Keeping full credit for your work -- in the office and on the screen
-- Choosing the right collaborator
-- Collecting residuals and script fees
-- Joining the Writers Guild of America
-- and more

Funny, smart, empathetic, anecdotal, and most of all, helpful. This is an essential book for anyone who wants to write for the small screen.