| Introduction |
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What this book does not do |
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The `calling card' script |
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The writer's ego versus the writer's journey |
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11 | (2) |
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Magic, ritual and spectacle |
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Money, monsterism and miniaturism |
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Radio And The Acoustic Environment |
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`Theatre of the airwaves' |
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Film And The Cinematic Canvas |
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26 | (6) |
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Television And The Relentless Format |
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32 | (13) |
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What Are Producers Looking For? |
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47 | (2) |
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So what are people looking for? |
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49 | (6) |
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Can you hear your own voice? |
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55 | (9) |
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64 | (7) |
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71 | (6) |
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Knowing where you are going |
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77 | (17) |
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Hitting The Ground Running |
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94 | (6) |
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`Getting to know' the characters |
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Structure And The Beginning |
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100 | (12) |
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Three is the magic number |
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But three is not a simple number |
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Disorientation versus confusion |
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Episode and series beginnings |
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112 | (5) |
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117 | (58) |
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119 | (3) |
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122 | (17) |
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Developing the complexity |
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New world, new characteristics |
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Journey towards awareness |
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The `middle' in series and serials |
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139 | (7) |
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146 | (10) |
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A clear view of the distance |
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Quicksands and high tides |
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A second point of no return |
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The (not so) natural order |
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156 | (14) |
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170 | (5) |
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175 | (54) |
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177 | (4) |
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181 | (9) |
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190 | (8) |
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198 | (20) |
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Dialogue is not conversation |
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`Inner' and `close' in radio |
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Exposition and information |
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218 | (8) |
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Reclaim your subjectivity |
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How finished does it need to be? |
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226 | (3) |
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Script reading and viewing |
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| Index |
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