Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- How to create marketable premises for motion pictures and TV -- How to develop a marketable story -- How to write the story -- Dramatic elements and act structure -- How to develop credible and castable characters -- How to write realistic dialogue -- Spec screenplay format -- How to write effective scenes in screenplays -- Script revisions -- Television sitcom format -- How to write professional scenes in sitcoms -- Animation, interactive and new media, and nonfiction entertainment -- Television drama format -- How to write professional scenes in TV drama -- Soap, talk show, and variety -- How to create new television series -- How to sell your motion picture screenplay -- How to sell your television script -- National and state funding sources -- Where to go next.