- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Perigee (TRD) (April 16 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0399526021
- ISBN-13: 978-0399526022
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.2 x 0.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 91 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#1,498,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #89 in Books > Reference > Writing > Play & Scriptwriting
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Product Description
Book Description
Professional TV writer tells all: Insider secrets for getting in the door and coming out a success!
Everyone who wants to write for television could use a friend in the business. Robert Masello can be that friend. He's an award--winning journalist, author, and successful TV writer. Now he's sharing the insider secrets he learned the hard way...
Finding someone to read your spec script
Protecting your ideas
Bagging a good agent
Landing a staff job--and keeping it
Keeping full credit for your work--in the office and on the screen
Choosing the right collaborator
Collecting residuals and script fees
Joining the Writers Guild of America
and more.
Funny, smart, empathetic, anecdotal, and most of all, helpful. This is an essential book for anyone who wants to write for the small screen.
Everyone who wants to write for television could use a friend in the business. Robert Masello can be that friend. He's an award--winning journalist, author, and successful TV writer. Now he's sharing the insider secrets he learned the hard way...
Finding someone to read your spec script
Protecting your ideas
Bagging a good agent
Landing a staff job--and keeping it
Keeping full credit for your work--in the office and on the screen
Choosing the right collaborator
Collecting residuals and script fees
Joining the Writers Guild of America
and more.
Funny, smart, empathetic, anecdotal, and most of all, helpful. This is an essential book for anyone who wants to write for the small screen.
About the Author
Robert Masello is an award-winning journalist and author of twelve previous books, including Fallen Angels and Raising Hell. In addition to various talk shows and network specials, he has written for such television series as "Early Edition," "Sliders," and "Poltergeist: The Legacy," where he served as staff writer and story editor.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Single-best book about TV writing,
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This review is from: Friend In The Business (Paperback)
I collect books about TV writing, from way back in the '50s (Paddy Chayefsky, et al.) through today, and Masello's is the funniest, most informative, most well-written, most encouraging and most useful of them all. I hope he continues to revise and update A FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS as the years pass, in order to keep it current, because it really is an invaluable reference.
3.0 out of 5 stars
A pleasant read, but something was slightly "off",
By A Customer
This review is from: Friend In The Business (Paperback)
I enjoyed reading this book, and found it interesting to hear the trench stories of one man's journey into Hollywood. However, there is something about the book that I didn't like, and I can't quite pinpoint it....there is a feel that the author was not as successful in Hollywood as he wanted to be, and decided to at least leverage his limited experiences by writing a book about them (versus some books out there that seem to be driven by a true desire to impart hard-earned wisdom), while settling some scores in the process. Kind of like, "I'll show them...." (more subtle, but still there).I'll give one example, and perhaps it's not the best one. He mentions that he was always hip-pocketed by the agencies, not signed, and tells us that info as if that is a good thing, like phew, he beat the system. OK, yes, being hip-pocketed is better than nothing at all, especially at the beginning, but let's face it, if an agent never wants to sign you, you did not pull one over on them. It just felt like he was trying to justify a lot of this kind of stuff. There are so many books out there that after reading, I am dying to have lunch with the author to meet him in person....whereas here, I found myself not having that experience at all. But, the book was funny and had some good intro-to-the-business info.
4.0 out of 5 stars
a great combination of job facts and street smarts,
By A Customer
This review is from: Friend In The Business (Paperback)
This is both a fun book, and also a very infomative book, about the screenwriting business. It is full of academic truths about screenwriting, and it also contains alot of street smart realities that the writer (and author) learned over time. It has alot of good stories about the authors trials and tribulations, and shows how he approached the business, and then made alot of necessary corrections. I would give it a 4.5 without any hesitation. Very fun and informative.
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