Hy Bender
Encyclopedia
Hy Bender is an author who has written or cowritten 15 books. Bender also writes reviews of New York theatre productions and comedy shows, primarily for his website, and occasionally for other publications such as The New York Times
. Bender has written humor articles for such national magazines as Mad Magazine, Spy, American Film, and Advertising Age.
Bender is currently focused on screenwriting, and runs the respected Manhattan movie writing workshop NYScreenwriters.org. Bender runs a script analysis service to help writers identify and repair problems with their screenplay
s and teleplay
s, and runs a book proposal service that helps authors sell their concepts to book publishers.
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. Bender has written humor articles for such national magazines as Mad Magazine, Spy, American Film, and Advertising Age.
Bender is currently focused on screenwriting, and runs the respected Manhattan movie writing workshop NYScreenwriters.org. Bender runs a script analysis service to help writers identify and repair problems with their screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
s and teleplay
Teleplay
A teleplay is a television play, a comedy or drama written or adapted for television. The term surfaced during the 1950s with wide usage to distinguish a television plays from stage plays for the theater and screenplays written for films...
s, and runs a book proposal service that helps authors sell their concepts to book publishers.
Books
- Five Dummies...for DummiesFor Dummies is an extensive series of instructional / reference books which are intended to present non-intimidating guides for readers new to the various topics covered. Despite the title, their publisher has taken great pains to emphasize that the For Dummies books are not literally for dummies....
books about the Internet. - The Sandman Companion, New York: Vertigo-DC Comics, 1999. This Vertigo publication features in-depth interviews with Neil GaimanNeil GaimanNeil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
, the creator of the Sandman comics , as well as numerous interviews and anecdotes from the various artists who contributed throughout the series. The book details all of the issues, and groups them into their ten different storylines, offering a quick summary, and then a Q & A between Bender and Gaiman for the issues, and related topics.
- Essential Software for Writers, a guide to electronic writing tools.
- Complete Idiot's Guide to Thyroid Disease, February 1, 2011, Alpha Books, 302 pages. Leveraging advances in both mainstream and alternative medicine, provides cutting-edge advice on what symptoms to look for, and how to test, diagnosis, and treat hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, thyroid cancer, and other thyroid diseases. Also includes the latest medical knowledge on how to shed fat, eat smart, and maintain a healthy lifestyle.