Head writer

A head writer is a person who oversees a team of writers. This is usually on a television or radio series. The title is also common in the soap opera genre, as well. Head writers are common to comedy sketches, game shows and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits.Larry Brody, Television Writing from the Inside Out: Your Channel to Success (New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2003), p. 12 In most primetime series this function is generally performed by an executive producer.Eva Novrup Redvall, Writing and Producing Television Drama in Denmark: From The Kingdom to The Killing (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), pp. 105–06 It is the head writer's job to do the final editing.

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Category:Television writers
Category:Soap operas
Category:Television talk shows
Category:Writing occupations
Category:Entertainment occupations