Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- CONTRIBUTORS -- WHY I LOVE WRITING -- 01 -- What Is the Job of a Writer? -- What Is the Job of Director or Writer-Director? -- What Does a Director Do? -- What Do Producers Do? -- Other Decision Makers and What They Do -- Know Thyself Creatively -- ROCLIFFE NOTES on… Working Out Your Creative DNA -- A Writer Needs to Write -- ROCLIFFE NOTES ON… Getting Started -- 02 -- What's Your Writing Process? -- Ideas Are in the Ether: Use Them or Lose Them -- Where Do Your Ideas Come From? -- Rocliffe Notes on… Inspiration -- Everyone Can Write, But Not Always a Good Screenplay -- Rocliffe Notes on… Writing a Good Screenplay -- A Professional Approach to Writing -- Rocliffe Notes on… A Professional Approach -- No One Way In -- Tips for Breaking In Today from Emerging Writers -- 03 -- New Talent Is the Industry's Lifeblood -- What Do You Like to Find? -- Where Do You Look for New Talent? -- How Do Projects Get Developed and Commissioned? -- Personal vs Professional Taste -- Sending Out Samples of Your Work -- Read My Script - That Is the Question -- What Makes the First Read the Last? -- Rocliffe Notes on… How to Help Yourself and Script Housekeeping -- Less Is More - Ideal Length -- 04 -- Comedy Writing -- Key Things You Want to Find in a Film Script -- Create a Web Series -- Rocliffe Notes on… Writing and Creating a Web Series -- Writing for Theatre -- TV Writing -- Rocliffe Notes from… Paula Milne -- Adaptation -- Radio -- Documentaries and Unscripted - From Start to Finish -- Co-Writing - How Does That Work? -- Co-Writing - The Pros -- Co-Writing - The Cons -- Industry Misconceptions and Realities -- 05 -- Cover Notes -- Filling In the Application Form -- Rocliffe Notes on… What to Consider When Filling In Forms -- A Short Biography - 100 Words.

Rocliffe Notes on… Writing a Short Biography -- Spec Samples of Work -- Rocliffe Notes on… Spec Samples -- It's All About Character, Character, Character -- Creating a Character -- Rocliffe Notes on… Creating Characters' Backstory -- The Treatment -- Rocliffe Notes on… Treatments -- Writing TV Episode Guides or Storylines -- Rocliffe Notes on… Storylines and Episode Guides -- Say It in One Line - The Elevator Pitch -- Rocliffe Notes on… The One-Line Synopsis -- 06 -- Finding a Producer -- Perfect Pitching -- Executives on Preparing for a Meeting With Them -- Creatives on Preparing for a Meeting -- Rocliffe Notes on… Overcoming Nerves for a Meeting, Pitch or Presentation -- Rocliffe Notes on… Meetings -- Finding the Right Collaborator -- Rocliffe Notes On… Finding Collaborators -- Rocliffe Notes on… What to Look for in a Developer or Collaborator -- Approaching a Production Company -- Rocliffe Notes on… Who to Send Your Script to -- What Is the BBC Writersroom? -- 07 -- Development -- What Are Notes? -- The Purpose of Feedback and Notes -- Who to Get Feedback from -- Conflicting Feedback -- Consider Rejection a Rite of Passage -- Rejection Isn't Just for Newbies -- Rocliffe Notes on… Why Your Script Might Be Turned Down -- 08 -- Procrastination -- Research -- Finishing What You Start -- Rewriting and Self-Editing -- Making a Living Out of This -- Tenacity -- Confidence and Self-Doubt -- Know Your Audience and Stay Plugged In -- 09 -- Go Do It -- The Value of Shorts -- Challenges of Making a First Feature Film -- The Process of Making Something -- Having the Writer Play a Role on Set -- So You Want to Make an Independent Tv Pilot… -- 10 -- Understanding Casting -- Approaching Actors -- Working With Actors -- 11 -- Getting an Agent -- Rocliffe Notes on… How to Approach Agents -- Agents on What Agents Do -- Talent on Agents -- Agents and Producers.

Getting Noticed by an Agent -- What Is the Working Relationship Between Agent and Client? -- What to Look for in an Agent -- Rocliffe Notes on… Meeting With a Prospective Agent -- What Is an Agent Looking For? -- Where to Go When You Haven't Got an Agent, But You Do Have a Deal -- How Not to Approach an Agent -- 12 -- Funding, Talent Platforms and Showcases -- What Bafta Offers New Talent -- An Overview of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow -- The Brit List -- Women in Film & Tv (Uk) -- Skillset -- Screen Training Ireland -- Catalyst -- Creating a Festival Strategy -- Benefits of Attending Festivals -- Cures for Post-Festival/Conference Blues -- Rocliffe Notes on... Killing Those Blues -- On America -- 13 -- Networking -- Rocliffe Notes on… Networking -- Writers and Directors on Networking -- Setting Up a Table Read -- Rocliffe Notes on… Setting Up a Table Read -- Filmmakers on Writers' Groups -- Notes on Different Writers' Groups -- Setting Up a Writers' Group -- Rocliffe Notes on… Setting Up a Writers' Group -- Writing a Blog -- Exercises to Energise Your Scripts and Kill Writer's Block -- Rocliffe Notes on… Writer's Block -- Creative Aids -- What Can the Digital Age Do for Writers? -- Understanding the Digital Content Landscape -- Rocliffe Notes on… Different Online Content Outlets -- Having an Online Presence -- 14 -- Best Advice Our Contributors Were Given -- Advice from the Contributors -- Frequently Asked Questions -- 15 -- Leads and Lists -- UK Agents Who Accept Unsolicited Submissions -- Uk Agents by Referral Only -- Us Agents Who Accept Unsolicited Submissions -- US Agents by Referral Only -- Lists of Theatres Open to Unsolicited Submissions -- UK -- Ireland -- List of Showcases/Initiatives -- List of Festivals, Conferences and Talent Campuses -- List of Courses - Uk and Ireland Only -- List of Script Craft Gurus.