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UPCOMING EVENTS
The “Guru of Rom-Com” and author of the bestselling
screenwriting textbook, Writing
the Romantic Comedy, Billy Mernit will share secrets about writing
for this popular genre learned during his tenure in the UCLA Extension
Writers’ Program and his background as a writer, lyricist and script
consultant. Billy Mernit Bio 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. During his many years in the entertainment industry, he's written for television (NBC's legendary Santa Barbara) and worked as both screenwriter and script consultant. Known as "the guru of rom-com" for his best-selling screenwriting textbook, Writing the Romantic Comedy (Harper/Collins) and his popular blog, Living the Romantic Comedy, Billy teaches at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, and is a frequent guest speaker at writing conferences around the country. “When I proposed teaching a course on romantic comedy at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, I was surprised to find that no textbook existed that specifically spoke to writing in this genre. So after teaching the course for a few semesters, I wrote one. Harper/Collins published it in 2000, the paperback edition came out in 2001, and it's been in print ever since,” says Mernit. Imagine Me and You: A Novel (Random House/ Shaye Areheart Books) is his first published work of literary/mainstream fiction. Billy Mernit IMDB Listing: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581088/ Billy Mernit Blog: http://www.livingromcom.typepad.com/ |
