• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Write to TV : out of your head and onto the screen
  • Contributor: Cook, Martie [Author]
  • Published: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2021
  • Issue: Third edition.
  • Extent: 1 online resource
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9781000071900; 9780429322068; 0429322062; 9781000071849; 1000071847; 1000071901; 9781000071870; 1000071871
  • Keywords: Television authorship ; Télévision ; Art d'écrire ; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General ; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Screenwriting
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  • Footnote: Includes index. - Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 09, 2020)
  • Description: "In Write to TV 3rd edition industry veteran Martie Cook offers practical advice on writing innovative television scripts that will allow you to finally get that big idea out of your head and onto the screen. With this book you'll learn to craft smart, original stories and scripts for a variety of television formats and genres, including comedy, drama, pilots, web series and pay for streaming services. This new edition has been updated to include brand new chapters on content creation for streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, as well as expanded coverage on writing the web series and utilising free platforms such as YouTube. It also features new chapters on content creation for the global market including Europe, China, India, Israel and South America; the importance of series bibles and how to write them well; expanded coverage on creating complex and compelling characters including writing anti-heroes and strong female protagonists well and much, much more. With information directly from studio and network executives, agents, and managers on what they're looking for in new writers and how to avoid common pitfalls, access to sample outlines, script pages, checklists, and countless other invaluable resources, this is the ideal book for anyone who wants to break into the TV writing industry"--