Elephant bucks; an insider's guide to writing for TV sitcoms.1932907270 Elephant bucks; an insider's guide to writing for TV sitcoms  The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance. .
Bull, Sheldon. Michael Wiese Productions 2007 266 pages $24.95 Paperback PN1992 This guide details information on writing a television sitcom script that will make what the author calls "elephant bucks," or big money. Bull describes how to write a spec script A spec script is a "speculative" screenplay, one that the Variety slanguage dictionary defines as being "shopped or sold on the open market, as opposed to one commissioned by a studio or production company. , choosing a sitcom and story idea, structure, humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was , making connections, pitch meetings, first writing assignments, and working with agents and executives. No index or bibliography bibliography. The listing of books is of ancient origin. Lists of clay tablets have been found at Nineveh and elsewhere; the library at Alexandria had subject lists of its books. is included. However, a list of sitcoms to study, with descriptions, is provided. Bull is a professional television sitcom writer, producer, and director on such shows as Newhart, Coach, and Sabrina - The Teenage Witch. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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