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Book Description

If you’ve ever dreamed of being in charge of your own network, cable, or web series, then this is the book for you. The TV Showrunner’s Roadmap provides you with the tools for creating, writing, and managing your own hit show. Combining his 20+ years as a working screenwriter and UCLA professor, Neil Landau expertly guides you through 21 essential insights to the creation of a successful show, and takes you behind the scenes with exclusive and enlightening interviews with showrunners from some of TV’s most lauded series, including:

  • Breaking Bad
  • Homeland
  • Scandal
  • Modern Family
  • The Walking Dead
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Lost
  • House, M.D.
  • Friday Night Lights
  • The Good Wife

From conception to final rewrite, The TV Showrunner’s Roadmap is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to create a series that won’t run out of steam after the first few episodes. This groundbreaking guide features a companion website with additional interviews and bonus materials. www.focalpress.com/cw/landau

So grab your laptop, dig out that stalled spec script, and buckle up. Welcome to the fast lane.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. CONTENTS
  6. About the Author
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Foreword
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Prepare the Perfect Pitch
  11. 2 Explore a New Arena
  12. 3 Service Your Franchise
  13. 4 Deliver the Verdict
  14. 5 Make Us Care
  15. 6 Value Family Dynamics
  16. 7 Fuel Your Story Engine
  17. 8 Identify Characters’ Weaknesses
  18. 9 Determine the POV
  19. 10 Get to the Heart of Your Story
  20. 11 Know Who and What They’re Up Against
  21. 12 Mine the Mystery
  22. 13 Blueprint Your Structure
  23. 14 Unify Storylines (via Theme)
  24. 15 Pique Our Interest with a Potent Teaser
  25. 16 Hit the Sweet Spot
  26. 17 Pay Off the Setups
  27. 18 Establish the Mythology
  28. 19 Push Them Off a Cliff
  29. 20 Designate an Expertise
  30. 21 Make Us Laugh
  31. Index