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Joe Donahue speaks with Ellen Sandler 6-1-07

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-593513.mp3

Albany, NY – A recent survey at Harvard University found that the #1 dream job for Americans is to be a TV sitcom writer, but while we may watch TV, few of us probably know how to write for television. Enter Ellen Sandler --she is a full-time TV writer-- having written for such shows as Everybody Loves Raymond, Coach, Taxi and Kate and Allie-- and is the author of the new book: "The TV Writer's Workbook." She speaks about how she came to write a manual for TV writer wannabees.

The TV Writer's Workbook. By Ellen Sandler.
Published by Delta.