Lewis Kenneth RitterLew Ritter is a retired teacher from Bergen County. He has had many careers including working in the Air Courier industry before FedEx took over the field, graduating from DeVry College as a Unix Network Operations person, and finally as a Social Stuies and Library Media Specialist Teacher. He has been married for twenty-three years to Bonnie Mitchel.His interest in writing began in college with a series of correspondence with the legendary producer of M*A*S*H, Larry Gelbart. He wrote an impassioned letter to CBS protesting the potential cancellation of M*A*S*H in its freshmen year. Gelbart was so impressed with the letter that they corresponded for several months. He sent him actual scripts and even gave Lew a chance to pitch story ideas for the series. In 1975, Lew joined Mystery Writers of America and tried his hands at writing mystery short stories for the Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine.He became enthusiastic about becoming a Copywriter for advertising agencies in NYC in the early 80s. This led him to take classes at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. He took classes with Copywriters and Art Directors from legendary agencies such as Ally & Gargano and Doyle Dane and Birnbach.His decision to become a screenwriter began in 1985 when he attended a Screenwriting class led by Ron Peterson. He wrote several entry-level screenplays but reached his level in 2011. Read More Read Less