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Required Reading:

This course uses OER (Open Educational Resources) and ZTC (Zero Textbook Cost) readings. There are ZERO purchases for textbooks. Our class readings are available on the class website at https://trem3662.commons.gc.cuny.edu/.

Texts: Password Protected-ask instructor for Password

PASSWORD: trem3662

A. John Truby – Anatomy of a Story 

Truby, John. “Ch. 2 and 3.” In The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller, 1st ed. New York: Faber and Faber, 2007. Password Protected at https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ld.php?content_id=75094338.

B. Ross Brown, Create Your Own TV Series for the Internet

Brown, Ross. Byte-Sized Television: Create Your Own Tv Series for the Internet. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2011. Password Protected at https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ld.php?content_id=75094353.

C. Title: Writing the Pilot: Creating the Series, Rabkin

Pages: 34-69

Rabkin, William. Writing the Pilot: Creating the Series. 1st edition. San Bernardino, California: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. Password Protected at: https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ld.php?content_id=75094366.

E. Save the Cat!® Writes for TV: The Last Book on Creating Binge-Worthy Content You’ll Ever Need Chapter 1 and Chapter 21 

Nash, Jamie. “Excerpts.” In Save the Cat! Writes for TV: The Last Book on Creating Binge-Worthy Content You’ll Ever Need. Los Angeles, CA: Save the Cat! Press, 2021. Password Protected at: https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ld.php?content_id=75094385.

F. Aristotle’s Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets From the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization

P.109-138 In Tierno, Michael. Aristotle’s Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets From the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization. First Edition. New York: Hyperion – Acquired Assets, 2005. Password Protected at: https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ld.php?content_id=75094363.

G. Syd Field: Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

Field, Syd. “Chapter 10 – The Scene.” In Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting, Rev. ed. New York, N.Y.: Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2005. Password Protected at: https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ld.php?content_id=75094358.

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 – H. The Protagonist’s Journey, Scott Myers

Chapters –       Character Arc (19-33), Disunity (2 pages),    Deconstruction (55-58. 62-63), Reconstruction (75-76, 82-85), Unity (95-96, 101-102).

Myers, Scott. The Protagonist’s Journey: An Introduction to Character-Driven Screenwriting and Storytelling. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. https://brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/login?&url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-79682-2.

I. TV Writing on Demand, Neil Landau

Chapters  5 – Story Tentacles; 7 – Character Empathy v. Sympathy

Landau, Neil. TV Writing on Demand: Creating Great Content in the Digital Era. Milton, UNITED KINGDOM: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. http://brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/brooklyn-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5228981.

J. Inside the Writers Room, Laurence Meyers editor

Chapter 3 and Chapter 5

Meyers, Lawrence. Inside the TV Writer’s Room: Practical Advice for Succeeding in Television. 1st ed. Television and Popular Culture. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2010. http://brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/brooklyn-ebooks/reader.action?docID=3410031&ppg=1.

Additional Requirements and Materials Needed:

  1. 1. Viewings: TV – 

Free trial of Streaming websites: Access to television shows via streaming (Hulu, Max, Netflix, etc) certain full-length programs.

For streaming services I write (FT) for Free trial next to a given video assignment. There is nothing here you will be watching that you cannot get for free.

  1. Writing Program – Writer Duet 

There is a FREE basic option. I have a code for 60% off if a student wants to use the Pro version, but this is optional.

  1. Websites for TV Scripts

Websites with free online versions of scripts for “educational purposes.” I will also be sending you the files or links.

Script Sites:
Video & Podcast sites: