Doing It for Money: The Agony and Ecstasy of Writing and Surviving in Hollywood - Softcover

Nickens, Daryl G

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9781931290586: Doing It for Money: The Agony and Ecstasy of Writing and Surviving in Hollywood

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ISBN 10: 193129058X ISBN 13: 9781931290586

Publisher: Tallfellow Press, 2006

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This collection of essays from top film and television writers provides insights into the process and the techniques of writing for a living, along with the agony, ecstasy, terror, and triumph that go along with the endeavor. Included, too, are professional tips on writing scripts, getting an agent, making a pitch, and dealing with impossible studio heads and stars.

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...a must-read for anyone working in or trying to break into the industry. -- Scr(i)pt Magazine

...plenty of humor and savvy tips for aspiring writers... -- Premiere Magazine

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Full list of contributors:
Daniel Petrie, Jr. - Beverly Hills Cop; Turner and Hooch; Shoot to Kill; The Big Easy
John August - Corpse Bride; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Charlie's Angels; Big Fish; Go
Phil Alden Robinson - Freedom Song; Field of Dreams; Sneakers
Winnie Holzman - Wicked; Once and Again; My So-Called Life; The Wonder Years; thirtysomething
Stephen Gaghan - Syriana; Traffic; The Practice; NYPD Blue
Andrew W. Marlowe - Air Force One; End of Days; Hollow
Man Ann Marcus - Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; Falcon Crest; Knots Landing; Peyton Place; General Hospital
Ken Nolan - Black Hawk Down
Luisa Leschin - The George Lopez Show; Resurrection Blvd.
Robert Cochran - 24; L.A. Law; The Commish; JAG
Bruce Joel Rubin - Jacob's Ladder; My Life; Ghost; Deep Impact; Stuart Little 2
Gregory Allen Howard - Remember the Titans; Ali
Henry Bromell - Carnivale; Chicago Hope; Northern Exposure
Glenn Gordon Caron - Medium; Moonlighting; Now and Again
Steven Rogers - Kate & Leopold; Stepmom; Hope Floats
Rosemary Anne Sisson - The Six Wives of Henry VIII; The Young Indiana Jones; Upstairs, Downstairs
Bill Boulware - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; In the House; The Parkers
Steve Shagan - Primal Fear; Save the Tiger; Voyage of the Damned
Donna Powers & Wayne Powers - Deep Blue Sea; The Italian Job; Cagney & Lacey
Alan Kirschenbaum - Yes, Dear; Baby Talk; Anything But Love
Winifred Hervey - Golden Girls; Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; The Cosby Show; Mork & Mindy
Jim Kouf - National Treasure; Snow Dogs; Rush Hour; Angel; Operation Dumbo Drop
Sherwood Schwartz - The Brady Bunch; Gilligan's Island
Chris Abbott - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Diagnosis Murder; Cagney & Lacey
Chris Brancato - Beverly Hills, 90210; The X-Files; Boomtown; North Shore
Terry Rossio - Shrek; Pirates of the Caribbean; The Mask of Zorro; Aladdin
Ted Tally - The Silence of the Lambs; Red Dragon; White Palace; The Juror
Joseph Stefano - Psycho; The Outer Limits; Star Trek: The Next Generation
Sandra Tsing Loh - Chicken Little
Mary Agnes Donoghue - Veronica Guerin; White Oleander; Beaches
Lewis Colick - October Sky; Ladder 49; Beyond the Sea; Ghosts of Mississippi
John Sacret Young - The West Wing; China Beach; Police Story; Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Wesley Strick - Doom; Cape Fear; Final Analysis; Arachnophobia
Billy Riback - Murphy Brown; Home Improvement
Lionel Chetwynd - Ike; Celsius 411; The Siege of Ruby Ridge; The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Leslie Dixon - Freaky Friday; The Thomas Crown Affair; Pay it Forward; Mrs. Doubtfire; Hairspray (2006)
Robert Nelson Jacobs - Chocolat; The Shipping News; Out to Sea
Felicia D. Henderson - Soul Food (T.V.show); Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; Family Matter
Marc Norman - Shakespeare in Love; Oklahoma Crude; Five Desperate Women; Mission:Impossible (T.V. show)
Jane Anderson - The Prizewinner of Defiance Ohio, Normal; How to Make An American Quilt; If These Walls Could Talk; The Baby Dance
Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal - Bee Season; Losing Isaiah; Running on Empty
Michael Colleary - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider; Touched By An Angel; Face/Off;
Jeff Melvoin - Alias; Remington Steele; Hill Street Blues; Northern Exposure
Tom Fontana - Homicide: Life on the Street; OZ; St. Elsewhere
Jessica Bendinger - Bring It On; First Daughter; Sex & the City
Hal Kanter - Blue Hawaii; Road to Bali; Julia (T.V. show); over 10 Annual Academy Award Shows
Margot Black - Disney Princess Stories; Television and has written for Written By; She's So Funny; Joke Soup

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