Reading for a Living How to Be a Professional Story Analyst for Film and Television

This comprehensive, upbeat guide reveals the secrets to getting a job as a story analyst, or reader, in the entertainment industry. The book focuses on how to evaluate scripts & books with an eye toward development for film & television, & how to write "coverage," the reader's story report. The book also provides insight for writers, whose work is subject to the critiques of readers, those heretofore little-known yea- or nay-sayers at most studios, agencies, & production companies. The only book of its kind in the field, it includes tips on job-hunting. "Mandatory reading.... READING FOR A LIVING has applications throughout the entertainment industry," says development executive Gregory Avellone of Tig Productions.Katahn, T. L. is the author of 'Reading for a Living How to Be a Professional Story Analyst for Film and Television' with ISBN 9780962580390 and ISBN 0962580392.