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Line 1: {{Short description\|Person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series}} {{~~Unreferenced~~More citations needed\|date=~~October~~April ~~2010~~2023}} A '''head writer''' is a person who oversees the team of writers on a television or radio series. The title is common in the [[soap opera]] genre, as well as with sketch comedies and talk shows that feature monologues and comedy skits. In fictional comedy or ~~and~~ drama TV shows, this is generally performed by an [[executive producer]], who is usually also the [[showrunner]]. ==Overview== The head writer conceives and outlines the long-term story of a scripted television or radio series. In daytime television, the over-arcing ~~story lines~~storylines are broken out into daily episodes, which are individually outlined by particular writers, and fleshed out with dialogue by others. In prime -time series, individual staff or freelance writers briefed with any long-term ~~story lines~~storylines generally pitch their episode ideas to the head writer/executive producer. The writer develops their ideas into an outline and a script, which is subsequently edited and revised by the series' entire writing team during the production process. Sometimes head writers also hold the role of [[story editor]], though at other times the roles are separate. In [[Japanese animation]], the role that is given to a writer who leads a team of individual episode {{Nihongo\|[[scriptwriter]]s\|脚本\|kyakuhon}} is credited as {{Nihongo\|'''series composition'''\|シリーズ構成\|shirīzu kōsei}}.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Series Composition \|url=https://blog.sakugabooru.com/glossary/series-composition/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402075216/https://blog.sakugabooru.com/glossary/series-composition/ \|archive-date=April 2, 2023 \|access-date=April 2, 2023 \|website=Sakuga Blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Coats \|first=Cayla \|date=March 22, 2023 \|title=FEATURE: Learn About the Building Blocks of Anime \|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2023/03/21-1/feature-learn-about-the-building-blocks-of-anime \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402075952/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2023/03/21-1/feature-learn-about-the-building-blocks-of-anime \|archive-date=April 2, 2023 \|access-date=April 2, 2023 \|website=[[Crunchyroll]]}}</ref> ==Writing awards== There are several awards for which a head writer can be eligible ~~for~~. They include: [[Daytime Emmy Award]] ([[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team]]) [[Primetime Emmy Award]] ([[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series\|Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series]], [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series\|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]], [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special\|Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special]], [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series\|Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series]]) Line 30 ⟶ 32: [[Television crew]] [[Showrunner]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{TV production}} Line 35 ⟶ 40: {{DEFAULTSORT:Head Writer}} [[Category:Television writers]] ~~[[Category:American soap opera writers\| ]]~~ [[Category:Television terminology]] [[Category:Management occupations]]