The TV Writer's Workbook: A Creative Approach to Television Scripts
- ISBN-10
- 0385340508
- ISBN-13
- 9780385340502
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 286
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Delta
- Author
- Ellen Sandler
Description
A handbook for aspiring television writers offers guidelines for writers looking to raise their scripts to the professional level and includes tips on crafting dialogue, maintaining form, avoiding formula, and pitching a script.
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