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The Writer's Room Survival Guide: Don’t Screw Up the Lunch Order and Other Keys to a Happy Writers' Room
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The mystery box of the television writers’ room need not stay sealed shut forever. Loaded with the fundamentals of how the room works, consider this book your crowbar.
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Niceole Levy
Niceole Levy grew up under the stars of the Mojave Desert before swapping them for lights of Los Angeles. An alum of the CBS Writers Mentoring Program, NBC’s Writers on the Verge, and the WGA Showrunner Training Program, she has written on Allegiance, Cloak & Dagger, Fate: the Winx Saga, and S.W.A.T. She's currently a co-executive producer on the upcoming Netflix original series Graymail and has several TV and feature projects in development. The Writers’ Room Survival Guide is her first book.
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