Inside the writers' room : conversations with American TV writers / Christina Kallas

By:

Kallas, Christina

Language: English Publication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire Palgrave Macmillan 2014.Description: viii, 184 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

9781137338105

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

808.225

LOC classification:

PN 1992.7 K14i 2014

Contents:

Conversations 11 -- (Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, The PJs) / Terence Winter Winter, Terence 11 -- (In Treatment, Lights Out, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) / Warren Leight Leight, Warren 30 -- (St. Elsewhere, Oz, Homicide: Life On The Street, Borgia) / Tom Fontana Fontana, Tom 50 -- (Sex and the City, Men in Trees, The Big C) / Jenny Bicks Bicks, Jenny 62 -- (Friends, SNL, 30 Rock) / Robert Carlock Carlock, Robert 74 -- (Cheers, The Cosby Show, Boston Legal, Mad Men) / Janet Leahy Leahy, Janet 86 -- (The Wire, Homicide: Life On The Street, Treme) / Eric Overmyer Overmyer, Eric 93 -- (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, Husbands, Game of Thrones) / Jane Espenson Espenson, Jane 100 -- (Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blue Bloods, Southland, The West Wing) / Diana Son Son, Diana 109 -- (Seinfeld, The Jon Stewart Show, Law & Order: Criminal Intent) / Charlie Rubin Rubin, Charlie 119 -- (The Sopranos, The Wire, The Pacific, Boardwalk Empire) / Tim Van Patten Patten, Tim Van 132 -- (Side Order of Life, Boardwalk Empire) / Margaret Nagle Nagle, Margaret 137 -- (Thirtysomething, The L Word, Anything But Me) / Susan Miller Miller, Susan 143 -- Reflections 153 -- The right men for the job 153 -- No one tells the writers what to do 156 -- A bigger brain 158 -- Musical chairs 160 -- When you like to hear your words 162 -- A better place for writers 165 -- A matter of quantity 170 -- New kid on the block 171 -- Like running a marathon 172 -- The unwritten rules 173 -- A movie told in chapters 175 -- Crossing the borders 176 -- The explosion of storytelling 178 -- Story that never ends 179.

Summary: US television drama has gained recognition for its sophisticated narrative form, and the role of the writer has been central to this. Here television writers share their experiences and practices of writing for highly successful shows such as The Sopranos, Seinfeld, Cheers, Sex and the City, The Wire, Mad Men, The Big C and Boardwalk Empire.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PN 1992.7 K14i 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000124819

Conversations 11 --
(Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, The PJs) / Terence Winter Winter, Terence 11 --
(In Treatment, Lights Out, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) / Warren Leight Leight, Warren 30 --
(St. Elsewhere, Oz, Homicide: Life On The Street, Borgia) / Tom Fontana Fontana, Tom 50 --
(Sex and the City, Men in Trees, The Big C) / Jenny Bicks Bicks, Jenny 62 --
(Friends, SNL, 30 Rock) / Robert Carlock Carlock, Robert 74 --
(Cheers, The Cosby Show, Boston Legal, Mad Men) / Janet Leahy Leahy, Janet 86 --
(The Wire, Homicide: Life On The Street, Treme) / Eric Overmyer Overmyer, Eric 93 --
(Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, Husbands, Game of Thrones) / Jane Espenson Espenson, Jane 100 --
(Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blue Bloods, Southland, The West Wing) / Diana Son Son, Diana 109 --
(Seinfeld, The Jon Stewart Show, Law & Order: Criminal Intent) / Charlie Rubin Rubin, Charlie 119 --
(The Sopranos, The Wire, The Pacific, Boardwalk Empire) / Tim Van Patten Patten, Tim Van 132 --
(Side Order of Life, Boardwalk Empire) / Margaret Nagle Nagle, Margaret 137 --
(Thirtysomething, The L Word, Anything But Me) / Susan Miller Miller, Susan 143 --
Reflections 153 --
The right men for the job 153 --
No one tells the writers what to do 156 --
A bigger brain 158 --
Musical chairs 160 --
When you like to hear your words 162 --
A better place for writers 165 --
A matter of quantity 170 --
New kid on the block 171 --
Like running a marathon 172 --
The unwritten rules 173 --
A movie told in chapters 175 --
Crossing the borders 176 --
The explosion of storytelling 178 --
Story that never ends 179.

US television drama has gained recognition for its sophisticated narrative form, and the role of the writer has been central to this. Here television writers share their experiences and practices of writing for highly successful shows such as The Sopranos, Seinfeld, Cheers, Sex and the City, The Wire, Mad Men, The Big C and Boardwalk Empire.

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