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The First Time I Got Paid For It : Writers' Tales From The Hollywood Trenches by William Goldman

The First Time I Got Paid For It : Writers' Tales From The Hollywood Trenches

William Goldman

Presents a collection of essays by such screenwriters as Eric Bogosian, T.S. Cook, Larry Gelbart, Lawrence Kasdan, and Carl Reiner, on their first writing jobs and what it takes to succeed in Hollywood.

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288 pages
PublicAffairs
Oct 2000
Hardcover
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