Many of the greatest movies and television series have been written by script partners. From Billy Wilder's legendary collaborations with Charles Brackett and I.A.L. Diamond to the work of the Coen Brothers, writing teams and their secrets of success are as intriguing as the scripts they create. Script Partners is the first book to explore this unique and important process. It brings together the experience, knowledge, wit, wisdom, and winning techniques of Hollywood's most productive partnerships — including Harold Ramis and Peter Tolan (Analyze This, Analyze That), Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen (Friends), Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski (The People vs. Larry Flynt, Ed Wood), Jim Taylor (Election, About Schmidt), and Larry Gelbart (M*A*S*H). The book examines the advantages of collaboration, from the partners' complementary strengths to the mysterious but often-mentioned "third voice" that occurs during collaborative writing, then guides the reader through the process of choosing the right writing partner, the right project, the right place and time to work, co-creating character, story, and structure, co-drafting and rewriting the script, and maintaining the creative and business relationship. At its deepest level, that's what collaborative scriptwriting — and Script Partners — is about: human relationships.