The ABC'S of Entertainment Writing
"I want a
job like that!" This is the statement people make when they find out
what author Diana Saenger does for a living. Who wouldn't love to get
paid to go to movies, attend plays, eat at restaurants, listen to music,
read books, and meet celebrities? Sounds more like a paid vacation, but
that's what entertainment writers do.
In this book Diana Saenger reveals how to break into the field of
entertainment writing. You will learn how to critically analyze movies,
plays, videos, music, restaurants, and books and write intriguing
articles. You will learn how to meet and effectively interview famous
authors, movie stars, professional athletes, popular musicians, and
other celebrities. You will experience the thrill of rubbing elbows with
celebrities and be welcome to exclusive banquets and gatherings reserved
only for insiders.
If you want a job that is fun and exciting, this is your opportunity.
You will learn everything you need to know to get started and become a
successful entertainment writer. It won't be long before people will be
saying to you: "I want your job!"
Diana Saenger is a journalist, editor, and freelance entertainment
writer. Owner of the Saenger Syndicate, she has been a film critic for
ten years and regularly interviews celebrities and other professionals
in the entertainment field.
Her work has appeared in the San Diego Union Tribune, Inside Sports
Magazine, Good Times Magazine, Romance Forever Magazine, Romantic Times
Magazine, Teen Magazine, Script Magazine, Uptown News Magazine, Senior
World, Alaska Parenting, San Diego Family Magazine, Arts San Diego
Magazine, San Diego Writers Monthly, and selected newspapers across
America. Diana's film and theater quotes have run in national newspaper
ads in The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and Daily Variety.
Diana was co-editor of The Fall In, a San Diego Police Department
Magazine and co-authored the book, How to Win at Handicap Drag Racing.
She is the author of My Life as a POW in the Vietnam War.
Entertainment editor for Romance Bower Magazine and the East County
Californian, and managing editor for Uptown Marquee News Magazine, Diana
reviews theater, books, music, films, and restaurants. Diana is a staff
writer for Script Magazine and the winner of numerous writing awards
from California Media Professionals, San Diego Press Club, and The
National Association of Press Women. She has been a judge for the San
Diego Books Awards, the Writer's Workshop Minority Screenplay Contest,
Kava Screenplay Competition, and national contests for Romance Writers
of America.
"A savvy and comprehensive guide to a strange but wonderful business."
-Bob
Strauss, film critic, LA Daily News
"If you
ever wondered what it takes to interview Julia Roberts, Diana Saenger
has written the answer. Her advice to writing reviews is essential to
neophyte critics."
-Raymond Regis, film maker, assistant professor and archivist at the
North Carolina School of the Arts
"Diana
Saenger writes what she knows and she knows showbiz. Her book comes from
the perspective of someone who loves her work. There's a reason everyone
wants her job!"
-George
Pennacchio, KABC-TV Los Angeles Entertainment Reporter
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