The TV showrunner's roadmap: 21 navigational tips for screenwriters to create and sustain a hit tv series

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.