SUCCESSION – AN EVENING WITH THE WRITERS
Hi There, SUCCESSION: AN EVENING WITH THE WRITERS. SOUTHBANK CENTRE I went to this event last Wednesday and here are a few reflections – First,
Hi There, SUCCESSION: AN EVENING WITH THE WRITERS. SOUTHBANK CENTRE I went to this event last Wednesday and here are a few reflections – First,
Hi There and Happy New Year, In this first newsletter of 2023, here are your very kind and interesting responses to my recommendations for the
Hi There, This fortnight, in my last newsletter of 2022, a look back at the best TV shows and films I saw in 2022
Hi There, One of the most memorable films I have seen in the last few months, one that has really stuck with me, was
Hi There, YOUR STORY ON THE PAGE Me and my team of 7 readers are now in the thick of reading the 2k+ scripts submitted
Hi There, This fortnight, some thoughts about current Sky Atlantic / Now TV 6 part serial / mini-series THE WHITE LOTUS – which I just
Hi There, Last Saturday I did a zoom talk on screenwriting for the BFI Film Academy. The last 15 minutes of the session consisted of
Hi There, From this week onwards, for the next few weeks, I will be sending out this newsletter WEEKLY rather than fortnightly as I have
Hi There, ONE PAGE PITCHES These are among the most difficult documents to get right and one of the aspects of screenwriting that writers seem
I will be running my STORY, CHARACTER & IDEAS masterclass at the Indie Training Fund in London on Tuesday Oct 2nd – places still available.
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Hi There, 20 SCREENWRITERS IN 1 ROOM FOR 2 DAYS This past weekend I ran my 2 day screenwriting course – for the first time for 3 years. I really enjoyed it and
Hi There, On Wednesday afternoon I was lucky enough to go to a matinee preview at the National Theatre of the revival of LONDON ROAD. This is a verbatim musical about the community
GREENLIGHT SCREENWRITING LAB: 1st Weekend Galway May 10-11 I was lucky enough to go to Galway earlier in May for the first weekend of this year’s GREENLIGHT SCREENWRITING LAB, a scheme for new
DRAMATIC IRONY by Tom Hanham HELP! I don’t have much time. I’m being held hostage and Philip Shelley is forcing me to write a newsletter, I don’t even know what dramatic irony is…
Hi There, As you will see, this newsletter is very much longer than usual. This is a short story sent to me by writer DAVID ARMSTRONG. David is one of my favourite novelists.
Hi There, This fortnight, some reader feedback from the excellent MATT MCNALLY, who covered 280 of your script entries for the 2025 Channel 4 screenwriting course – ‘I thought I’d write something for
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