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Inside the Room

Writing Television with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program

By: Linda Venis

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Inside the Room

Writing Television with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program

By: Linda Venis

What does it take to go from being a fan to professional television writer? For the first time outside of the UCLA Extension Writers' Programme classrooms, TV writers whose many produced credits include The Simpsons, House M.D., and Pretty Little Liars take aspiring writers through the process of writing their first spec script for an on-air series, creating one-hour drama and sitcom pilots that break out from the pack, and revising scripts to meet pro standards. Learn how to launch and sustain a writing career and get a rare, intimate look inside the yearlong process of creating, selling, and getting a TV show made. Edited by writers' program director Linda Venis, Inside the Room is the ultimate guide to writing one's way into the Writers Guild of America. "Venis corrals an accessible and useful guide for anyone with the dream and the drive who needs to know, practically, what to do. An engaging and helpful how-to for hopeful TV writers or anyone interested in the nuts and bolts of this ephemeral art." - Kirkus Reviews

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0698138376

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9780698138377

Cut to the Chase

Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program

By: Linda Venis

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Cut to the Chase

Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program

By: Linda Venis

Millions of people dream of writing a screenplay but don't know how to begin, or are already working on a script but are stuck and need some targeted advice. Or maybe they have a great script, but no clue about how to navigate the choppy waters of show business. Enter Cut To The Chase, written by professional writers who teach in UCLA Extension Writers' Programme, whose alumni's many credits include Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl; Twilight; and the Academy Award nominated Letters from Iwo Juima. From learning how to identify story ideas that make a good movie to opening career doors and keeping them open, this authoritative, comprehensive, and entertaining book, edited by Writers' Program Director Linda Venis, will be the film-writing bible for decades to come. "A well-organized soup-to-nuts manual for aspiring Nora Ephrons and Charlie Kaufmans, from the faculty of a notable screenwriting program. . . . A readable writer's how-to that goes down smoothly." - Kirkus Reviews

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0698138368

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9780698138360

Inside the Room

Writing Television with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program

By: Linda Venis

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Writing Television with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program

By: Linda Venis

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Overcoming Postpartum Depression and Anxiety

By: Linda Sebastian

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Overcoming Postpartum Depression and Anxiety

By: Linda Sebastian

Every year nearly 400,000 women—approximately 15 percent of all new mothers—face postpartum disorders. Postpartum depression is the most common complication of pregnancy, yet few understand it or are prepared to deal with it. This book examines the symptoms, causes, and treatment of postpartum depression. Topics covered include: risk factors for postpartum disorders, effects of a mother's depression on her baby, how medications and psychotherapy can help, mental health treatments and medications, and emotional support for new fathers.

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Addicus Books

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1943886431

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9781943886432

Academic Theories of Generation in the Renaissance

The Contemporaries and Successors of Jean Fernel (1497-1558)

By: Linda Deer Richardson

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Academic Theories of Generation in the Renaissance

The Contemporaries and Successors of Jean Fernel (1497-1558)

By: Linda Deer Richardson

This volume deals with philosophically grounded theories of animal generation as found in two different traditions: one, deriving primarily from Aristotelian natural philosophy and specifically from his Generation of Animals; and another, deriving from two related medical traditions, the Hippocratic and the Galenic. The book contains a classification and critique of works that touch on the history of embryology and animal generation written before 1980. It also contains translations of key sections of the works on which it is focused. It looks at two different scholarly communities: the physicians (medici) and philosophers (philosophi), that share a set of textual resources and philosophical lineages, as well as a shared problem (explaining animal generation), but that nevertheless have different concerns and commitments. The book demonstrates how those working in these two traditions not only shared a common philosophical background in the arts curricula of the universities, but were in constant intercourse with each other. This book presents a test case of how scholarly communities differentiate themselves from each other through methods of argument, empirical investigation, and textual interpretations. It is all the more interesting because the two communities under investigation have so much in common and yet, in the end, are distinct in a number of important ways.

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Springer

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3319693360

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9783319693361

The Poems of Optatian

Puzzling out the Past in the Time of Constantine the Great

By: Linda Jones Hall

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The Poems of Optatian

Puzzling out the Past in the Time of Constantine the Great

By: Linda Jones Hall

For the first time, the poems and accompanying letters of Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius (Optatian) are published here with a translation and detailed commentary, along with a full introduction to Optatian's work during this period.Optatian was sent into exile by Constantine sometime after the Emperor's ascent to power in Rome in 312 AD. Hoping to receive pardon, Optatian sent a gift of probably twenty design poems to Constantine around the time of the ruler's twentieth anniversary (325/326 AD). To enable the reader to experience the multiple messages of the poems, the Latin text is presented near the English translation with any related design close by. Some poems, laid out on a grid of up to 35 letters across and down, have an interwoven poem marking key letters in the primary poem, thereby revealing a highlighted image. Some designs include the Chi-Rho or numerals created from V's and X's to mark imperial anniversaries. Other (previously unrecognised) designs seem to represent senatorial, imperial, military or bureaucratic motifs or to derive from coin images. Shape poems representing a water organ, an altar and a panpipe reveal their relevance immediately. The introduction and commentary elucidate literary allusions from over 100 authors (lines from Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, Silius Italicus, Statius, and lesser-known writers abound) and mythological references, mostly to the Muses and Apollo. Optatian's prestige as an official in both Greece and Rome is well attested - these poems mark Optatian as a fascinating writer of his time, holding onto the classical past while acknowledging Christian symbolism.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350374393

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9781350374393

How to Write It, How to Sell It

Everything a Screenwriter Needs to Know About Hollywood

By: Linda Palmer

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How to Write It, How to Sell It

Everything a Screenwriter Needs to Know About Hollywood

By: Linda Palmer

As a producer and successful screenwriter, Linda Palmer knows all of Hollywood's trade secrets--and in How to Write It, How to Sell It, she shares them all. Linda Palmer knows that even in closed-door Hollywood, if your screenplay snags the interest of a producer, it doesn't matter who you are--you're in. The trick is getting your screenplay into the producer's hands. As a former vice president of production at Tristar Pictures and a credited screenwriter, Linda Palmer has a unique understanding of both sides of Hollywood's desk. In How to Write It, How to Sell It, she shares her knowledge with aspiring screenwriters, and she does so with the same charm the students of her popular UCLA Extension class have come to love and depend on. Straightforward and personable, Palmer uses the movies she loves to illustrate discussions of plot, structure, and character. From the layout of the page to the pitch to tips on sneaking by Hollywood's notorious readers, Palmer explains the business of show business as only one who knows it from the inside can.

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1466828668

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9781466828667

Creating Unforgettable Characters

By: Linda Seger

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Creating Unforgettable Characters

By: Linda Seger

Discusses back stories, psychology, research, relationships, supporting characters, stereotypes and character problems, and offers advice on writing dialogue.

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Macmillan

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0805011714

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9780805011715

Love Her to Death

By: Linda Palmer

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Love Her to Death

By: Linda Palmer

As the new drama writer for the daytime soap opera "Love of my life", Morgan Tyler, is responsible just about everything that goes on in the production. Cybelle Carter, one of the leading actresses in the show is suspicious that her estranged husband wants her dead. When another actress on the set is killed, it looks like it may has been a case of mistaken identity. Morgan must find the killer quickly before he tries again.

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Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated

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1597221007

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9781597221009

Cut to the Chase

Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program

By: Linda Venis

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Cut to the Chase

Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program

By: Linda Venis

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Sketch of the Life and Work of Linda Gilbert. With Statistical Report and Engraving of Herself

By: Linda Gilbert

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Sketch of the Life and Work of Linda Gilbert. With Statistical Report and Engraving of Herself

By: Linda Gilbert

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385502438

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9783385502437

Linda McCartney

By: Linda McCartney

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Linda McCartney

By: Linda McCartney

This retrospective of Linda McCartney's life and photography contains a brilliant selection from her entire archive of over 200,000 images, and is produced in close collaboration with Paul McCartney and their children. This volume is a limited edition of 2,000 copies, numbered and signed by Paul McCartney.

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3836520893

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9783836520898

Lindsay Wagner, Her Own Way

By: Linda Jacobs Altman

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Lindsay Wagner, Her Own Way

By: Linda Jacobs Altman

A biography of the star of the "Bionic Woman" television series.

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Inside the Room

Inside the Room

Cut to the Chase

Cut to the Chase

Inside the Room

Inside the Room

Overcoming Postpartum Depression and Anxiety

Overcoming Postpartum Depression and Anxiety

Academic Theories of Generation in the Renaissance

Academic Theories of Generation in the Renaissance

The Poems of Optatian

The Poems of Optatian

How to Write It, How to Sell It

How to Write It, How to Sell It

Creating Unforgettable Characters

Creating Unforgettable Characters

Love Her to Death

Love Her to Death

Cut to the Chase

Cut to the Chase

Sketch of the Life and Work of Linda Gilbert. With Statistical Report and Engraving of Herself

Sketch of the Life and Work of Linda Gilbert. With Statistical Report and Engraving of Herself

Linda McCartney

Linda McCartney

Lindsay Wagner, Her Own Way

Lindsay Wagner, Her Own Way

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