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Hollywood War Stories

Tips and Techniques to have a lasting career in entertainment.

by Rick Friedberg

A Rule Book for screenwriters, filmmakers, performers and everyone craving a chance to get into showbiz and stay there.

The Book

Hollywood War Stories:

How to Survive in the Trenches

Is a funny, enlightening, insider’s view of “Showbiz,” filled with anecdotal “War Stories” of working with Academy-award winning talent.

Each short chapter explains a rule to follow like Good Ideas Don’t Just Fall Off a Turnip Truck, Humility is a Highly Over-rated Virtue, Book Your Next Job before the Star or Studio Exec Croaks and many more.

Laugh and learn from this contemporary guide to the showbiz roller coaster ride.

About Rick Friedberg

Rick Friedberg is an award-winning writer/director of movies, television, videos, and commercials. And now he has written Hollywood War Stories, a funny and insightful book with tips and secrets on surviving the entertainment business.

Rick Friedberg has written a wild, riveting account of Hollywood life. He’s a great story teller. Loved it!

-Adrianna Trigiani,
NY Times best-selling author

A candid, unsparing view of Hollywood. The advice offered would have saved me a lot of pain. A must read. Funny. Factual. Fascinating.

-Scott Dunlop, creator,
The Real Housewives of Orange County

Rick Friedberg has written a wild, riveting account of Hollywood life. He’s a great story teller. Loved it!-Adrianna Trigiani,
NY Times best-selling author

 

A candid, unsparing view of Hollywood. The advice offered would have saved me a lot of pain. A must read. Funny. Factual. Fascinating.-Scott Dunlop, creator,
The Real Housewives of Orange County

Hollywood War Stories:

How to Survive in the Trenches

by Rick Friedberg

Hollywood War Stories: How to Survive in the Trenches is an enlightening, insider’s view on how to navigate the shark-infested waters of “show biz.

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