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How Do You Get Elephant Bucks?
Something You've Always Dreamed of Doing
How Do I Know That You'll Be Successful?
Part One MY STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO WRITING A SOLID SPEC SCRIPT
Chapter 1 — THOSE AMAZING SPEC SCRIPTS!
The Shortest Route to Your Lucky Break!
The Joy of Knowing What You're Doing!
Calling Cards That Keep on Calling!
A Portfolio of Solid Spec Scripts
Chapter 2 — PICKING THE RIGHT SERIES TO SPEC
The Show That You Know and Love!
Scripts That Producers Want to Read
Too Soon to “Hear It in Your Head”
Chapter 3 — PICKING THE RIGHT STORY
The Right Story Is in Front of You
The Paints Are Already in the Tray
Chapter 4 — STRUCTURING YOUR STORY
Using the Seven Plot Elements to Develop Your Story
Six-Scene Template
How We Did It on Coach
Going to Work on Your Story
Turning Plot Elements into Scenes
Familiar Sets
“B” Story
Multiple Story Lines
Runners
Trust Your Instincts
Chapter 5 — OUTLINING YOUR STORY
Why Bother with an Outline?
The Whiteboard
How I Write an Outline
Move the Story Forward
Much of the Work Is Already Done
A Different Way of Writing Scenes
Write It as a Drama First
Roughing Out a Scene as Drama First
Now for the Jokes
Making the Humor Easier to Find
Page Count
Part Two GETTING OFF TO A GREAT START AS A PROFESSIONAL SITCOM WRITER
Chapter 7 — YOUR FINISHED MASTERPIECE: NOW WHAT?
Now What?
“Who Cares What You Think?”
Someone Who Is Actually Going to Read It
“I Really Liked It Except for the Part Where…”
“There Is Truth in Even the Dumbest Note”
Three or Four People
“What Else Have You Got?”
May I Have the Address of That Show Biz Contact, Please?
Your Friend in Show Business
The Sitcom Universe
Where to Go in the Sitcom Universe
Fish Off the Company Pier
Farmer's Market
Chapter 8 — YOUR FIRST PITCH MEETING
Your Lucky Break Has Arrived
They're Doing You the Favor!
Preparing for the Meeting
Six Stories, Six Notions
How to Pitch a Story Idea
You Don't Need Perfect Pitch!
Pitch Meeting Supplies
Keep It in Perspective
Chapter 9 — YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT
The Story Meeting
Getting Home
Day Two
Day Three and Beyond
Notes on Your Outline
The Bad Story
Your First Draft
The Second Draft
Cut Off
They Rewrote Me!!
Go Ahead and Have the Party!
Getting That Second Assignment
The Sitcom Writing Staff
The Production Season
The Production Week
Single Camera Series
Your Primary Job as a Staff Writer
The Other Writers
Actors
The Producer's Chair
Creating Your Own Series
Your Personal Life
Chapter 11 — AGENTS & EXECUTIVES
Agents
Picking an Agent
A Business Relationship
Never the Biggest Fish
Grow at Your Own Pace
Not a Parent
Again, Trust Your Instincts
Chinatown
Executives
Be Nice
Everything Can Be Fixed
The Kernel of Truth
“We Have a Huge Problem in Act Two”
“We Have Just One Tiny Little Note”
Why Make Enemies When You Don't Have To?
Chapter 12 — LEARN FROM THE BEST
Where to Look
Websites
Speaking of Museums
What to Watch
The Current Hits
Conclusions
I Wish All of This for You
