1st Edition
Writing Hollywood The Work and Professional Culture of Television Writers
PART I: THE CRAFT OF TELEVISION WRITING
Chapter 1: From Amos & Andy to The Shield
Chapter 2: From Idea to Story to Script…and Back Again
Chapter 3: Where the Buck Stops
PART II: POLITICS, CULTURE AND CREATIVITY
Chapter 4: "Managed" Creativity: "It’s a weird way to create"
Chapter 5: Welcome to the Writers’ Room: "High school for rich, angry, smart people"?
Chapter 6: Political Spaces: "There aren’t any rules, but you have to follow every one."
Chapter 7: Global Hollywood
Biography
Patricia F. Phalen is the Assistant Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, USA. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on media organizations; the connections between Hollywood and politics; audience research; and the interdependence of media, democracy and culture.
"This book offers value for students in courses on television writing, television production, and media industries, as well as those simply looking to break into the television industry. [...] Through its accumulation of voices, Writing Hollywood shakes off many of the romantic ideas about television writing and replaces them with some invaluable insights into the lived reality of television writing as a career." --Kate Fortmueller in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
