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Chupack, Cindy

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Breaking the Glass Screen, 1999

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Television is the largest employer of writers, but how do you break in? TV staff writers talk about how to do it and what the life is like. Do's and don’ts of writing a TV spec script. Do you have to be established to market an original pilot? How do you gain access to the folks that preside over green-lighting new shows?

1 audiocassette, sides A and B

Dates: 1999

HBO: Helluvalot Better Programming, 1999

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You gotta get cable to see some of the best original series on television. Writers from Oz, Sex in the City, and Mr. Show discuss writing "big" for the small screen.

1 audiocassette, sides A and B.

Dates: 1999

Track the Laughs - Writing for Television Comedy, 1999

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Some say the sitcom is dead. Well, dying. In order to keep things fresh, TV is expanding the playing field - no longer remaining bound to traditional narrative, interior sets, and stationary camera set-ups. Writers from today's most popular network and cable shows share their thoughts on the state of TV comedy.

1 audiocassette, side B only.

Dates: 1999