About the Book:
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What Makes Film and TV Writing Teams Work....
Some of the greatest movies and
television series have been written by script partners. From Billy
Wilder's legendary collaborations with Charles Brackett and I.A.L.
Diamond to the work of the Coen Brothers, writing teams and their
secrets of success are as intriguing as the scripts they create.
Script Partners by Claudia Johnson and Matt
Stevens brings together the experience, knowledge, writing
techniques, and wisdom of many of Hollywood's most successful writing
teams for film and television – including Andrew Reich and Ted
Cohen (Friends), Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The
People vs. Larry Flynt, Ed Wood), Jim Taylor
(Election, About Schmidt), Harold Ramis and Peter Tolan
(Analyze This, Analyze That), and Larry Gelbert
(M*A*S*H).
Script Partners examines the role and importance of
collaboration from the early years of film to the present, then
illuminates the process of collaborative screenwriting itself; its
unique assets, from the partners' complementary strengths to the
mysterious but often-mentioned third voice that occurs during
collaborative writing.
Script Partners answers such questions as:
• Why collaborate
• How to pick the right partner and the right project
• When and where to work together
• How to co-create character, story, and structure
• How to co-draft a script
• The creative relationship and the business relationship
What people say:
"A wonderful insight into how
movies that you have loved were created. It is a step-by-step
instruction book for becoming part of a collaboration. And it lets
you know how much fun you could have." — Joan Darling,
Emmy and DGA Award-winning actress and director
"Successful writing teams
share their 'secrets' of co-creating scripts. Be assured this is no
cookbook approach to script writing. Instead this book describes the
joys and agonies of the creative process and offers guidance for
establishing a productive collaborative. It's 'required reading' for
those engaged in or considering a writing partnership!“ —
Carol Nicolay, Ed.D; TV and Film Program University of
Washington Educational Outreach
"A lively, knowledgeable,
user-friendly guide to how not to be alone in what can seem the
loneliest profession on the planet. Claudia Johnson and Matt Stevens
have gathered insight, encouragement, wisdom and wisecracks from some
of the great writing teams of film and television." —
Janet Burroway, novelist, playwright, and author of the
best-seller, Writing Fiction
About the Authors:
Claudia Johnson is the author of Stifled Laughter,
nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and Crafting Short Screenplays
that Connect.
Matt Stevens is a Los Angeles-based writer-producer who has
sold both fiction and documentary projects.