Table of Contents

Part One Testing the water 1 Easy does it 2 Prepare to be inspired 3 Who says talk is cheap(or easy)? 4 Getting into Shape 5 Let's get Busy 6 Some tricks of the trade Part Two taking the plunge 7 Method over Madness 8 Up Close and Personal 9 Fine Tuning 10 Inside the Home stretch 11 You Deserve Promotion 12 Being a writer-Not just playing at it

About the Author

Steve Wetton has written for TV, radio and taught creative writing at Derby University and The Welsh Writer's Holiday at Caerleon.


Steve devised and wrote the comedy/drama series, Growing Pains, for BBC TV. (20 x 50 minute episodes). This was based on his experiences as a foster parent and started on Radio 4 as his 12 part comedy series.


He was commissioned to write situation comedy pilots by Thames TV, the BBC and TVS, and an eight-part educational series, Parents and Teenagers, for Central TV.


He's written for many comedy sketch shows and was commissioned to write two stage-plays, King of the Blues and Adult Pantomime, part of a comedy revue for Derby Playhouse and was commissioned by the Central TV Youth Drama Group to write a play, Streetfighters. He Has been a course tutor and main speaker at various conferences. For seven years he lectured and conducted workshops in various forms of scriptwriting at Derby University.

Reviews

Reviews for the first edition I would have this on my shelf as my writer's bible Don Shaw Z-Cars 5.0 out of 5 stars If you want to write for television, buy this book!, By A Customer This review is from: Writing TV Scripts: Successful Writing in Ten Weeks (Studymates Writers Guides) (Paperback) No-one can teach anyone how to write, but this book is packed full of advice about the CRAFT of writing for television. If you have the talent, then the information in this book will allow you to hit the ground running when it comes to presenting your work to television companies like a professional. Engaging and Informative, By Wishing_to_be_annonymous - See all my reviews This review is from: Writing TV Scripts: Successful Writing in Ten Weeks (Studymates Writers Guides) (Paperback) What Steve Wetton has acheived in his book is remarkable. It's rare to find a book on creative writing that connects you to its author in such a way. Reading through the book made me feel like I was being taken under Mr Wetton's wing such was the warmth of his honest and intelligent narrative. The meat of the book is to "write a 30 minute calling card in 10 weeks". That's certainly possible given the logically structured chapters and exercises. I particularly appreciated the exercises, which certainly gave my writing a kickstart, and the useful step by step guide stating the author's preferred method of getting from the initial story's premise to the final draft. It's hard to find a better book designed for the fledgling television writer. It really is that good.