Teleplay: An Introduction to Writing for Television

Sound, practical advice from writer, story editor, producer Coles Trapnell on television grammar and tools; camera terminology and calling the shots; characters, crisis, and exposition; how the teleplay differs from the motion picture form; adaptation; writer and director; writing for actors; the teleplay outline and how to watch television; how to sell your script; the WGAW and how it helps. With a sample of a completed teleplay script.