Hi There, In this newsletter, I want to look at the issue of – FAMILIAR STORYTELLING TROPES By which I mean – all those devices that we, who have watched so many thousands of hours of screen drama and comedy, instantly recognise for their familiarity. Here is a somewhat random and incomplete checklist of those […]
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Hi There, This fortnight, a very big THANK YOU to JAMIE HEWITT for providing me with his thoughts about GENERAL MEETINGS FOR WRITERS. Jamie is a very experienced and outstanding development producer in
Hi There, LOGLINES In the last couple of years, we have asked writers submitting projects to the Channel 4 screenwriting course to also submit loglines. I realise this can be very challenging but
Hi There, This week, the final reader feedback from the 2024 Channel 4 screenwriting course – this by Ray McBride – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE by Raybot-2000 Oh! One reads 100s of scripts as a
Hi There, This fortnight’s screenwriting newsletter is the penultimate reader feedback from the 2024 Channel 4 screenwriting course readers. (The final missive by the brilliant Ray McBride will feature in the April 19th
THE MAGIC STORY TREE? What I’m trying to illustrate here is just how many amazing stories (and character ideas) there are out there in the big wide world, stories available for you to
Hi There, This week, further script reader feedback from the 2024 Channel 4 screenwriting course. This fortnight, from the excellent Jon Champion. Jon did a brilliant job as a reader and has impressive
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