Debut on Two - A Guide to Writing for Television

by VickyLicorish (Author), PhilippaGiles (Author)

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  Paperback
  1990

  $3.25

  This book is a practical guide to tie in with the television series and writing competition of the same name. Launched to encourage budding playwrights, the campaign started with a series of regional workshops led by Philippa and Vicky and culminates in the 8 prize-winning plays being broadcast on BBC2. The book collects these 8 scripts, together with the judges' comments on why they were chosen. Debut on Two also contains expert advice from some of the most well-known and respected writers in television today. This includes a chapter on how to present your work, stage and camera directions and scene construction from Ray Jenkins ( Women in White and Juliet Bravo ): different approaches to comedy from Victoria Wood and Paul Jackson; adaptations of novels for the screen from Fay Weldon ( The She Devil , Heart of the Country and Pride and Prejudice ); how to use images to replace narrative from Michael Wilcox ( Inspector Morse ).