Automatic Pilot (49 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Good. Good Condition. Has some writing/highlighting. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Bill's book is the best no frills, no b.s. primer on writing for television that I've read. Consciously or not, over the years I've followed every one of his how to's, to apparently good effect. This book is as close to the truth as you get in this business. -- Rene Balcer, Emmy and Peabody award-winning Showrunner for Law & Order and Creator of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Bill Taub is one of the best kept secrets in Hollywood. His knowledge of the industry is invaluable. Anytime I need any advice with a project, Bill Taub is my main source. Whoever reads this book will know more about writing pilots than people who spend years studying. -- Jamie Masada, Founder & CEO, Laugh Factory In his three-decade career, Bill Taub has written for some of TV's most iconic shows, and has sustained a remarkably robust and varied career in the field by pushing beyond whatever the current boundaries of the medium might be. With Automatic Pilot, he distills his extensive writing and teaching experience into an accessible guide to developing and revising the pilot script--all the while empowering ('you will be the pilot of your pilot') and liberating ('the worst thing that can happen is that it doesn't work') writers to create with joy. --Linda Venis, Director, UCLA Extension Department of the Arts and Writers' Program. Editor, Cut To The Chase and Inside The Room An airplane pilot has to complete a checklist before taking off to avoid crashing and stay in the air. So too, Automatic Pilot is a TV Pilot Writer's Checklist to keep from crashing and stay on the air. Automatic Pilot is the definitive guide on how to create and write an original pilot. It takes you through the step-by-step process of writing your own pilot script. It is adapted from Bill Taub's very successful UCLA Extension Writers' Program online workshop, Writing A Spec Pilot, which he has been teaching to students all over the world since 2006. Up until the series Desperate Housewives, developed from spec pilot, burst upon the scene and became an instant hit, nobody encouraged writers to write a spec pilot. Since then the floodgates have opened and every writer, including some of the biggest names, is either writing a spec pilot or thinking about writing one. Like the workshop itself which crossed borders, Automatic Pilot is designed for writers no matter where they are. Whether you are writing a series about Congress or Parliament, the CIA or MI-5, a family in Bangladesh or Brooklyn, the process is the same. Whether it's a half-hour comedy, one hour drama, animation, or even a web series, the steps are the same. While the odds of selling a spec pilot are slim, the chance your spec pilot will impress those in charge to hire you on staff is a good enough reason to have one. And every writer these days must have at least one spec pilot in their portfolio. Automatic Pilot is not only an insider's guide on how to create an original pilot it's a book that will inspire you, motivate you, and help you discover (or rediscover) a sense of freedom and joy in writing, no matter what stage you're at -- whether you're new to the writing world or an old pro -- it will be something you will return to time and again.…

Wraps. 20 p. Very good. Light shelfwear, 1985 IS A GUESS, NO DATE.

Wraps. 18 p. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light shelfwear, 1985 IS A GUESS, NO DATE.

Spiralbound. Condition: Very good. Moderate shelfwear. First edition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 30 pages. 9.61x6.69x0.07 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 24 pages. 9.61x6.69x0.06 inches. In Stock.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Magazine-sized paperback in sturdy stapled and glued binding, 57 pages; small full colour photograph (cut from a magazine) of author taped to title page, three lines in ink on production page ("Bayview Playhouse, Original Cast, July, 1980", apparently the third production that year), otherwise in very clean and unmarked unused/unread condition, pages fresh and white. See also our other titles from Playwrights Canada, including Ritter's extremely scarceThe Splits, and her equally scarce A Visitor From Charleston (buy two or more and save on postage!).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Book is square and binding is tight. Contents are clean throughout. Cover boards are in good shape. Former library book with usual library stamps, labels and markings. (Please note any images provided in our listings are stock photos supplied by AbeBooks and may not match the cover of the actual item.).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Aviation. Restricted publication AN 05-45AE-2. Covers soiled and chipped around the edges. title page browned and chipped, text clean. No revisions.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 216 pages. 8.98x5.91x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. viii, 132pp, various in-text black and white photographs and illustrations. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt title on front and spine. 8vo. Sun-faded, lightly rubbed corners, rubbed spine ends. Text block edges starting to tan. Endpapers starting to tan; previous owner's name on front pastedown; gutters strained, volume loose; pages tanned. Otherwise, internally neat and clean.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Lightly marked covers. Owner's stamp of Safari Air Services. Undated.

Condition: Good Used Condition.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. 2 'nd Edition. The four characters in this 98 page drama are : Charlie, Gene, Nick, and Alan. The first production was in January 1980. The writer brings her stand-up comic background to the theatre. LEARN more about : Canada Goose, TV, Eugene Bolton, Fiona Reid and set designer Cond : Paper wrapper is grey with white (and black) lettering. No names nor marks. Light general wear. Excellent working copy. Quote (p. 57) : And gradually the headliner began to pay attention to the fact that we were there, and he started throwing out new lines he'd spun offf from the stuff on the tape. And after every line he'd stop and ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.…

Condition: New.

Condition: good. Quarto, 12, wraps, illus., tables, edges of covers faded, red ink number on front cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. private library liquidation.

double page illustrations, good condition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. two edition. 32 pages. 9.61x6.69x0.08 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good. See description and scans. Chicago, IL: Clark Publishing Company, 1949. The Winter, 1949 issue of Fate Magazine - Volume 1, Number 4, a scarce and without doubt an especially seminal issue in the first year of Raymond A. Palmer's now-legendary paranormal-reporting non-fiction enterprise - which began with, in its first issue, Kenneth Arnold's cover account of flying crescents which "skipped like saucers across a pond", an event which, for whatever reason, kicked off the modern era of UFO events. After that, Fate introduced countless events which remain, to this day, fodder for paranormal documentaries and investigation. 12mo, illustrated stapled wraps, 96 pp. Very Good; moderate edge wear and creasing, spine slits at top and bottom, very unobtrusive rubbing. Inevitable age-toning to the still-very-supple newsprint pages is at, or less than, average. See scans. Surprisingly nice condition for a periodical which often shows substantial wear from use even in its much later years. The content of this issue places it - IMHO - right beside that of the first issue. Cover illustration depicts Colonel P.H. Fawcett, the lost Amazonian explorer, as being of somewhat shrunken head after his (claimed herein) finding by Dr. Eckener. Other serious stick-to-the-ribs topics include two meaningful early UFO sighting pieces (one being the 7-24-48 "Spaceship" sighting by an EAL pilot above Montgomery), The Phantom of Pleskau Airfield; "Was Joan of Arc's Death Faked?"; The Lost Planet; The Mysterious Palladino; The Lerasle Affair; Automatic Writing; Precognition; Modern Methuselahs; an Early Criswell Predicts; and more. Already, at this time, a Tour de Force of enthusiastic updates on the paranormal or inexplicable phenomena. Interior art and photography is largely uncredited. A piece of paranormal history, and an example of a unique branch of Americana, in very highly collectible condition. A very rare issue. Please see scans. LT23.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Chicago, IL: Clark Publishing Company, 1949. The Winter, 1949 issue of Fate Magazine - Volume 1, Number 4, a scarce and without doubt an especially seminal issue in the first year of Raymond A. Palmer's now-legendary paranormal-reporting non-fiction enterprise - which began with, in its first issue, Kenneth Arnold's cover account of flying crescents which "skipped like saucers across a pond", an event which, for whatever reason, kicked off the modern era of UFO events. After that, Fate introduced countless events which remain, to this day, fodder for paranormal documentaries and investigation. 12mo, illustrated stapled wraps, 96 pp. A (startlingly) almost Near Fine example - much better than Very Good. Some touch wear at points, faint rubbing on rear cover, and of course the inevitable age-toning to the still-very-supple newsprint pages. See scans. Surprisingly High Grade condition for a periodical which often shows substantial wear from use even in its much later years. The content of this issue places it - IMHO - right beside that of the first issue. Cover illustration depicts Colonel P.H. Fawcett, the lost Amazonian explorer, as being of somewhat shrunken head after his (claimed herein) finding by Dr. Eckener. Other serious stick-to-the-ribs topics include two meaningful early UFO sighting pieces (one being the 7-24-48 "Spaceship" sighting by an EAL pilot above Montgomery), The Phantom of Pleskau Airfield; "Was Joan of Arc's Death Faked?"; The Lost Planet; The Mysterious Palladino; The Lerasle Affair; Automatic Writing; Precognition; Modern Methuselahs; an Early Criswell Predicts; and more. Already, at this time, a Tour de Force of enthusiastic updates on the paranormal or inexplicable phenomena. Interior art and photography is largely uncredited. A piece of paranormal history, and an example of a unique branch of Americana, in very highly collectible condition. A very rare issue. Please see scans. LT23.…