Television and Screenwriting : From Concept to Contract

This work aims to act as a practical guide for writing and marketing scripts for film and television. In addition to story, character, and dialogue development, this book also coaches readers on developing series concepts and writing effective script visualization, and how to incorporate it into television and film script formats. An entire section is devoted to marketing the finished product - how to analyze the market, how to prepare the script for submission and how to find an agent.
Contents:
How to create producible premises; how to create marketable series concepts; how to develop the story; dramatic elements and act structure; how to develop credible and castable characters; how to create realistic dialogue for comedy and drama; how to write effective script visualization; television script format; screenplay format; how to sell your script; screenwriting and competitions; festivals and workshops; non-commercial funding sources. Appendix: where to go next.