Book description
Break Into Writing For Television takes you from the very first line of
the script through to becoming a regular writer for soaps and
'continuing dramas'. It starts with the basics of different types of
script and production, and moves on to getting ideas, shaping character
and dialogue, re-writing, pitching work and the practicalities of who
does what in the production world, in both the UK and the US. Structured
around a practical, progressive, goal-orientated approach, each chapter
contains a diagnostic test, case studies, practical exercises and Aide
Memoire boxes. Each chapter concludes with a reminder of the key points
of the chapter (Focus Points) and a round-up of what to expect in the
next (Next Step), which will whet your appetite for what's coming and
how it relates to what you've just read.
Nicholas Gibbs (Cambridge, England), a BBC-trained Script Editor,
currently has two television dramas in development with independent
producers and broadcasters. He runs a series of successful scriptwriting
workshops which have included both writers and producers, plus a script
feedback service for scriptwriters. His background is in theatre
(amateur and professional) and he is a member of the Writers Guild of
Great Britain.
