The Screenwriting Life: The Dream, the Job, and the RealityWhether writing for dramas, sitcoms, major studios, or the lowest of low budget productions--The Screenwriting Life covers it all. This no-nonsense, inside look at the industry includes: a foreword by Lew Hunter, Hollywood's premiere screenwriting instructor - advice from leading agents - in-depth interviews with today's hottest new writers like David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible) and such veteran writers as Joe Gynn (Kolchak, The Night Stalker). |
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