The Other Network Writer's Room: Volume 1

The award-winning writers behind "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Sex and the City", "Seinfeld", "Saturday Night Live", "30 Rock", "Family Guy", "Will & Grace", "Politically Incorrect" and "The Simpsons" tell you what it's really like to write for TV.

This audio series gives you advice, inspiration, words of wisdom, stories of defeat and triumph from some of the most original, outspoken and successful TV writers in the business.

Creative insights! Practical advice!

The Writers' Room is essential listening if you want to...

• Learn to write comedy
• Get into the TV business 
• Understand the creative process
• Go behind the scenes of groundbreaking shows
• Find out what it takes to put your vision on TV

How they did it... How you can too!

Volume 1 features nearly 5 hours of audio insight from some of the best in the business:

Multiple Emmy-winner MICHAEL PATRICK KING is the passionate visionary behind "Sex and the City" and "The Comeback". In this far-reaching interview he talks about what he looks for when he's hiring writers, his unique way of running a room, how he almost blew his own job interview as a writer for "Murphy Brown", and the worst phrase he ever heard come out of a showrunner's mouth. (trt 79:00)

Multiple Emmy-winner ALAN ZWEIBEL is a deeply funny and prolific writer whose comedy career spans over 30 years in the business, including co-creating "It's Garry Shandling's Show" and writing and producing on "Curb Your Enthusiasm". He gives you specific writing assignments that he used to teach himself to write, the strategy he used to get hired as one of the original writers of "Saturday Night Live" and suggests other things that can get you hired besides a spec script. (trt 60:26)

Multiple Emmy-nominee SCOTT CARTER is the exacting intelligence who helped define modern political comedy as the Executive Producer and Co-Creator of both "Politically Incorrect" and "Real Time with Bill Maher. Here he tells you how to get your foot in the door as a talkshow writer, details the system in Bill Maher's writers' room, his own writing process and gives you a producer's perspective on getting shows on the air. (trt 76:33)

Multiple Emmy-nominee JOHN RIGGI is the inspired, story-centered Co-Exec behind some of the funniest, most successful shows on TV including "Will & Grace" and "The Family Guy". He reveals some of challenges in the real writers' room of "30 Rock" this season, how he got his start at "The Larry Sanders Show", defines the 'Harvard' style of comedy and demonstrates half-hour comedy structure by spontaneously making up and 'breaking' a story. (trt 70:12)

These lively interviews were conducted by BETH LAPIDES, radio host and creator of the Other Network & Un-Cabaret. Her intimate style draws out all the juicy details, personal stories and essential info that you want to know about the writers you respect, the TV shows you love, and how to have the career you want in TV today.

Buy the series now and get an ADDITIONAL PROGRAM FREE!

"THE OTHER NETWORK WRITER'S ASSISTANT", an 8-step program to launch your TV writing career! Beth Lapides & producer Greg Miller synthesize the actionable info from the entire Writers' Room series, and add their own advice based on years of experience, in this unique action plan. $33 value, FREE with purchase of Volume 1.