Hollywood Jock: 365 Days, Four Screenplays, Three TV Pitches, Two Kids, and One Wife Who's Ready to Pull the Plug
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AlbakiReads Editorial A year-long push to break into screenwriting
A year-long push to break into screenwriting
Rob Ryder frames this memoir around a self-imposed deadline: one year to turn industry proximity into a genuine Hollywood writing career. Drawing on his work as a technical consultant on sports films, he recounts the practical scramble behind four screenplays and three television pitches while balancing the pressure of family life. The book’s subject is less the finished film than the business surrounding it—producers, actors, sports figures, pitches, negotiations, and the unstable path from script to possible deal. It offers a firsthand account of the professional risks and domestic stakes attached to pursuing a place in the film industry.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Fans of Hollywood and behind-the-scenes film-business memoirs
- Aspiring screenwriters interested in pitching and selling scripts
- Readers interested in sports-film production and entertainment-industry dealmaking
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ScreenwritingHollywood businessCareer ambitionFamily pressureFilm production
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Book Overview Rob Ryder made that pledge to his wife, and he was determined to stick to it. As technical consultant on blockbuster sports films, he had...
Rob Ryder made that pledge to his wife, and he was determined to stick to it. As technical consultant on blockbuster sports films, he had seen up close how the film business works and what kind of chaos can, and usually does, ensue. And now he was ready to take it on!
Hollywood Jock is the suspenseful, dramatic, outrageous, and honest true story of the year when Rob Ryder, screenwriter, laid it all on the line -- and kicked, scratched, wheeled, dealed, and fought like hell to hit the Tinseltown big time. It is a chronicle of schmoozing producers, shopping screenplays, corralling sports legends, and dodging irate actors -- a fascinating perspective on the highs, the very lows, and the behind-the-scenes madness that makes the world of Hollywood so endlessly compelling . . . and infamously brutal.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 304 | Language: English | Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS | ISBN: 0060791500
FormatPaperback
Pages304
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0060791500
EAN9780060791506
PublisherHARPERCOLLINS
Publication Date2006-06-27
EditionStated First Edition
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.51 Pounds
Length8.0 Inches
Width5.72 Inches
Height0.73 Inches
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