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The TV Showrunner's Roadmap: Creating Great Television in an On Demand World
Written by Neil Landau
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If you've ever dreamed of being in charge of your own network, cable, or web series, then this is the book for you. The TV Showrunner's Roadmap provides you with the tools for creating, writing, and managing your own hit show. Combining his 20+ years as a working screenwriter and UCLA professor, Neil Landau expertly guides you through 21 essential insights to the creation of a successful show, and takes you behind the scenes with exclusive and enlightening interviews with showrunners from some of TV's most lauded series, including: Breaking Bad; Homeland; Scandal; Modern Family; The Walking Dead; Once Upon a Time; Lost; House, M.D.; Friday Night Lights; The Good Wife. From conception to final rewrite, The TV Showrunner's Roadmap is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to create a series that won't run out of steam after the first few episodes.
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