"Bill's book is the best no frills, no b.s. primer on writing for
television that I've read. Consciously or not, over the years I've
followed every one of his how to's, to apparently good effect. This
book is as close to the truth as you get in this business." -- Rene
Balcer, Emmy and Peabody award-winning Showrunner for Law &
Order and Creator of Law & Order: Criminal Intent "Bill Taub is
one of the best kept secrets in Hollywood. His knowledge of the
industry is invaluable. Anytime I need any advice with a project,
Bill Taub is my main source. Whoever reads this book will know more
about writing pilots than people who spend years studying." --
Jamie Masada, Founder & CEO, Laugh Factory "In his three-decade
career, Bill Taub has written for some of TV's most iconic shows,
and has sustained a remarkably robust and varied career in the
field by pushing beyond whatever the current boundaries of the
medium might be. With Automatic Pilot, he distills his extensive
writing and teaching experience into an accessible guide to
developing and revising the pilot script--all the while empowering
('you will be the pilot of your pilot') and liberating ('the worst
thing that can happen is that it doesn't work') writers to create
with joy." --Linda Venis, Director, UCLA Extension Department of
the Arts and Writers' Program. Editor, Cut To The Chase and Inside
The Room An airplane pilot has to complete a checklist before
taking off to avoid crashing and stay in the air. So too, Automatic
Pilot is a TV Pilot Writer's Checklist to keep from crashing and
stay on the air. Automatic Pilot is the definitive guide on how to
create and write an original pilot. It takes you through the
step-by-step process of writing your own pilot script. It is
adapted from Bill Taub's very successful UCLA Extension Writers'
Program online workshop, Writing A Spec Pilot, which he has been
teaching to students all over the world since 2006. Up until the
series Desperate Housewives, developed from spec pilot, burst upon
the scene and became an instant hit, nobody encouraged writers to
write a spec pilot. Since then the floodgates have opened and every
writer, including some of the biggest names, is either writing a
spec pilot or thinking about writing one. Like the workshop itself
which crossed borders, Automatic Pilot is designed for writers no
matter where they are. Whether you are writing a series about
Congress or Parliament, the CIA or MI-5, a family in Bangladesh or
Brooklyn, the process is the same. Whether it's a half-hour comedy,
one hour drama, animation, or even a web series, the steps are the
same. While the odds of selling a spec pilot are slim, the chance
your spec pilot will impress those in charge to hire you on staff
is a good enough reason to have one. And every writer these days
must have at least one spec pilot in their portfolio. Automatic
Pilot is not only an insider's guide on how to create an original
pilot it's a book that will inspire you, motivate you, and help you
discover (or rediscover) a sense of freedom and joy in writing, no
matter what stage you're at -- whether you're new to the writing
world or an old pro -- it will be something you will return to time
and again.
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