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

by Linda Venis

From spec script to television pilot

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Praised by Kirkus Reviews as an engaging and helpful guide

    Kirkus Reviews describes the book as an accessible and useful guide and an engaging, helpful how-to.

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From spec script to television pilot

Built around the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, this guide gathers instruction from television writers with credits on series including The Simpsons, House M.D., and Pretty Little Liars. Its scope moves from writing a spec script for an existing series to developing one-hour drama and sitcom pilots, then revising scripts to professional standards. The book also addresses the practical business of sustaining a writing career and outlines the yearlong process involved in creating, selling, and producing a television show. Together, these subjects make it a process-oriented look at both script development and the realities of pursuing work in television.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Aspiring television writers working on a first spec script
  • Writers developing drama or sitcom pilots
  • Readers interested in television writing careers and production processes

Themes

Television screenwritingSpec scripts and pilotsScript revisionWriting careersTelevision development and production

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Book overview

What does it take to go from being a fan to professional television writer? For the first time outside of the UCLA Extension Writers' Programme classrooms, TV writers whose many produced credits include The Simpsons, House M.D., and Pretty Little Liars 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 scripts to meet pro standards. Learn how to launch and sustain a writing career and get a rare, intimate look inside the yearlong process of creating, selling, and getting a TV show made. Edited by writers' program director Linda Venis, Inside the Room is the ultimate guide to writing one's way into the Writers Guild of America. "Venis corrals an accessible and useful guide for anyone with the dream and the drive who needs to know, practically, what to do. An engaging and helpful how-to for hopeful TV writers or anyone interested in the nuts and bolts of this ephemeral art." - Kirkus Reviews
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