Recommended Reading
Writing the TV Drama Series, by Pamela Douglas
Story Line: Finding Gold in Your Life, by Jen Grisanti
David Mamet’s Memo to the Writers of the Unit (online)
Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting, by Robert McKee
Save the Cat, by Blake Snyder
The Writer’s Journey, by Christopher Vogler
Spec Research
Places to Get Tapes and Scripts
Most networks have the plots to their series listed on their official websites.
WGA Guide for Writing Episodic TV
7000 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 782-4544
Script City
8033 Sunset Boulevard, #1500
Hollywood, CA 90046
(818) 701-0012
WGA Library
View and read there
Paley Center for Media
465 North Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills CA 90210
(310) 786-1091 25
West 52 St
New York, NY 10019
(212) 621-6800 / (212) 621-6600