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Jul 31, 2001 · Revised and expanded to celebrate a new generation of romantic comedies, Billy Mernit’s insightful look into the mechanics of writing Hollywood’s most enduring genre features case studies that reveal the screenwriting secrets behind classics new and old.
BILLY MERNIT wrote his first book at age five (a 33-page illustrated fable entitled The Wee Little Cat, available in one extremely limited edition). In his late teens he began his writing career as a composer-lyricist whose songs were recorded by Carly Simon and Judy Collins, among others.
Billy Mernit. Instructor Biography: MFA, screenwriter and novelist; WGA member who is a story analyst for Universal Pictures and the author of Writing the Romantic Comedy (Harper/Collins) and Imagine Me and You (Shaye Areheart/Random House). Mr. Mernit is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Distinguished Instructor Award and the Outstanding ...
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“We grew up in very different ways. We have different perspectives, but the way we write is sort of like a relay race. I take a stab at half the script, Matt takes a stab, and then we pass it off. We’re each others’ editors in a way and honestly, I wouldn’t trust anybody other than Matt,” said Ben. “If he doesn’t like it, it doesn’t work.” This re-...
In cinema, examples of alternate history is limited. There’s The Man in the High Castle (what if the Nazis won?) and technicallyPlanet of the Apes (it was Earth all along), but otherwise, the writers are charging new grounds with the genre. “It’s original, so the IP we rely on is history.” “We talked a lot about alternate history and how it had bee...
In Season 2, the story moves towards female history. “A lot of those initial ideas came from the research we were doing, when we started to look at the reality of the space race at the time. The idea of the Mercury 13, a group of female pilots in a separate program—their program was canceled in a large part because John Glenn testified before Congr...
The creators joked they need an alternate history historian to help with all of the potential what if scenarios they’ve created. “We go down these tangents for hours about random, political and historical news. We need an alt-historian to track all of these changes we’ve made.” “We love bringing in people who have a healthy appreciation for history...
Feb 11, 2020 · Revised and expanded to celebrate a new generation of romantic comedies, Billy Mernit’s insightful look into the mechanics of writing Hollywood’s most enduring genre features case studies that reveal the screenwriting secrets behind classics new and old.
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Sep 1, 2000 · “Writing the Romantic Comedy is so much fun to read it could pop a champagne cork.” —Alexa Junge, writer and producer of Friends Revised and expanded to celebrate a new generation of romantic comedies, Billy Mernit’s insightful look into the mechanics of writing Hollywood’s most enduring genre features case studies that reveal the ...
Feb 11, 2020 · Revised and expanded to celebrate a new generation of romantic comedies, Billy Mernit’s insightful look into the mechanics of writing Hollywood’s most enduring genre features case studies that reveal the screenwriting secrets behind classics new and old.
