Editing William Goldman (section)

===Theater work===
Goldman and his brother received a grant to do some rewriting on the musical ''[[Tenderloin (musical)|Tenderloin]]'' (1960). They then collaborated on their own play, ''[[Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole]]'' (1961), and on the musical, ''[[A Family Affair (musical)|A Family Affair]]'' (1962), written with John Kander. Both plays had short runs.

Goldman began writing ''[[Boys and Girls Together]]'', but found that he suffered [[writer's block]].<ref>Brady p 93</ref> His writer's block continued, but he had an idea for the novel ''[[No Way to Treat a Lady (novel)|No Way to Treat a Lady]]'' (1964) based on the [[Boston Strangler]]. He wrote it in two weeks, and it was published under the pseudonym Harry Longbaugh—a variant spelling of the [[Sundance Kid]]'s real name, which Goldman had been researching since the late 1950s. He then finished ''Boys and Girls Together'', which became a best seller.<ref>Brady p 94</ref>