第一章　美剧的特别之处 ............................................... 027
想象一下电视的力量　.....................................................................027
美剧的三大特质　....................................................................028
美剧的人物塑造　............................................................................028
长篇叙事（The“Long　Narrative”） ...........................................029
合作　............................................................................................032
电视的五大流言　....................................................................　032
1．电视是小型电影　......................................................................032
2．电视剧是小成本制作　................................................................035
3．电视剧剧本创作有诸多禁区　......................................................035
4．电视剧都大同小异　...................................................................036
5．电视是片荒地　..........................................................................037
电视剧的准则　.......................................................................039
一小时剧时长必须是一小时　............................................................039
电视剧的截止日期没有水分　............................................................039
剧情类连续剧有多幕结构　...............................................................040
每一部电视剧都适配一种类型　........................................................041
预备，开始！　......................................................................047
小结　...................................................................................047
新动态　................................................................................048
聚焦“剧情喜剧”创作 ..............................................　048
嘉宾访谈：大卫·艾萨克（David　Isaacs） ..............................050
第二章　美剧的制播流程与播出季 ...................................　054
第一年　...............................................................................056
四月：写提案　...............................................................................056
（1）写新剧计划书　......................................................................057
（2）写试播集　.............................................................................059
（3）写　“后门试播集”（“Backdoor Pilot”） ............................060
（4）创制演示样片　......................................................................060
（5）附上“打包”　......................................................................061
（6）赢得网络粉丝　......................................................................062
五月：制片公司　............................................................................062
六月：制片厂　...............................................................................064
七月与八月：电视网　.....................................................................066
九月至十一月：试播集剧本　............................................................067
十二月和一月：许可（绿灯）　........................................................069
二月至四月：试播季　.....................................................................070
五月：订购　..................................................................................071
全季　............................................................................................071
短季订单　.....................................................................................072
季中剧　........................................................................................072
备用剧本　.....................................................................................072
第二年　...............................................................................　073
六月：建组　.................................................................................073
七月和八月：疯狂写剧本　...............................................................074
九月和十月：首播　........................................................................076
十月至次年三月：完结当季　............................................................077
四月：间歇期　...............................................................................078
新动态　................................................................................079
小结　...................................................................................080
嘉宾访谈：查理·科利尔（Charlie　Collier），美国经典电影
（AMC）有线电视网总裁　......................................................080
第三章　经典剧本的创作之道 .........................................　085
戏剧节拍（The　Dramatic Beat） .........................................085
A-B-C故事　........................................................................086
五幕和六幕结构　............................................................................088
越多改变……　...............................................................................089
两页一场戏　..........................................................................090
使用网格　.............................................................................090
引子　...................................................................................　091
关于剧本节选　.......................................................................　092
摘自《纽约重案组：西蒙说》（NYPD　Blue ,“Simon Says ”） .......093
分析　....................................................................................112
开场　............................................................................................113
第一场　........................................................................................115
第二场　........................................................................................115
第三场　........................................................................................115
第四场　........................................................................................115
第五场　........................................................................................116
第六场　........................................................................................116
第二个剧本节选　.....................................................................117
摘自《纽约重案组：心与灵魂》（NYPD　Blue ,“Heart and souls ”） ...117
分析　...................................................................................　136
冷开场　........................................................................................137
第一幕　........................................................................................138
接下来你该做什么　.................................................................　139
小结　...................................................................................　139
嘉宾访谈：斯蒂文·博考（Steven　Bochco） ..........................　139
聚焦程式剧（procedural）创作 .................................　146
是何原因？　..........................................................................................　146
第四章　创作你自己的剧集 ............................................　155
“倾听声音”　.......................................................................　155
找到你的故事　.......................................................................　157
解构你的故事　.......................................................................　159
网格　...................................................................................　160
大纲　....................................................................................161
如何写你的大纲　............................................................................162
大纲的其他形式　............................................................................165
桑尼的列表　..........................................................................　168
第一稿　................................................................................　168
问题排查　.............................................................................　172
如果你的剧本太长　........................................................................172
如果你的剧本太短　........................................................................172
大功告成……　......................................................................　173
第二稿　................................................................................　173
润色　...................................................................................　175
下一步？　.............................................................................　175
小结　...................................................................................　175
嘉宾访谈：大卫·西蒙（David　Simon） .................................　176
聚焦试播集创作　....................................................................　179
创建“世界”　.......................................................................　179
找到故事的跳板　....................................................................181
移居“新世界”　.....................................................................181
制订计划　.............................................................................　183
第五章　认识你的同事：剧组工作 ...................................　187
烂剧组（嚎叫的狼群和闪电）　.................................................　189
错误1：脱离编剧组　......................................................................189
错误2：把私事和工作问题混为一谈　................................................190
错误3：另有计划　..........................................................................190
错误4：在家里工作　......................................................................191
错误5：把样稿看得跟宝贝似的　......................................................191
错误6：排斥编剧组的文化　.............................................................192
错误7：加入不适合你的剧组　..........................................................193
好剧组　...............................................................................　193
现实案例　.....................................................................................194
剧组职位　.............................................................................　196
1．独立编剧　................................................................................196
2．剧组编剧　................................................................................198
3．　故事编辑/故事执行编辑...........................................................199
4．制片人　...................................................................................200
5．监制　......................................................................................201
6．创意顾问　................................................................................201
7．行政制片人/剧目管理者　............................................................201
小结　..................................................................................　202
聚焦“无剧本/真人”秀 ..............................................　202
嘉宾访谈：斯科特·A·斯通（Scott　A.Stone） .......................　206
第六章　如何入行 ........................................................212
写你所爱　.....................................................................................214
别写你计划推销的电视剧的商投剧本　...............................................215
向剧目提适合的问题　.....................................................................215
备好合适的工具　............................................................................216
签约经纪人　..................................................................................217
扎根洛杉矶　..................................................................................219
成功的秘密　.........................................................................　220
小结　...................................................................................　221
接下来　................................................................................　222
第七章　电影学院毕业后的生活：教训和成功故事 ................　223
97级　..................................................................................　223
三年后　...............................................................................　229
毕业七年后　..........................................................................　231
毕业十四年后　.......................................................................　235
第八章　电视剧的未来 .................................................　242
新机会　................................................................................244
什么是电视？　...............................................................................244
未来之旅　.....................................................................................245
网络剧　........................................................................................245
网络衍生剧　..................................................................................247
万维网（Web）已死　.............................................................248
“混沌不是商业模式。”　...............................................................248
全球化　...............................................................................　249
案例A：《行尸走肉》　...................................................................249
案例B：《草原上的蒙古包》（Little　Yurt On The Prairie ） .............250
当下　...................................................................................　251
总结　........................................................................　252
相关资源　..................................................................　253
专业术语　..................................................................　255
作者简介　...................................................................261
译者后记　..................................................................　263