CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 2018
Hi There, I hope you’ve all had a great summer. I spent two weeks on the Suffolk coast, as far away as possible from all scripts – and my batteries are now fully re-charged! I have a lot to look forward to this autumn – CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 2018 I’m gearing up once again […]
NEW SCREENWRITING COURSE LONDON Oct 7-8
Hi There, 2 DAY SCREENWRITING COURSE London Oct 7-8 2017 – SCREENWRITING : WRITING + WORKING I’m delighted to announce that I’m going to be running a brand new 2 day SCREENWRITING COURSE in London over the weekend of Oct 7 & 8. Like the course I ran with Phil Gladwin, this course will concentrate […]
TREATMENTS + OUTLINES – THE WRITER’S RESPONSE!
Hi There, Two weeks ago my newsletter was about TREATMENTS, OUTLINES & WRITTEN PITCHES – and it also went out as a BBC writers room blog a couple of days later. This week – the writer’s response! A massive thank you to KITTY PERCY, a wonderful screenwriter who was on the Channel 4 screenwriting course […]
TREATMENTS, OUTLINES & PITCHES
Hi There, This week, I’ve written about treatments, outlines, written pitches etc. This article should be appearing on the BBC writers room website blog in the next few weeks – so consider this a sneak preview for the subscribers to my newsletter! WHAT ARE THEY? Treatments, pitches, outlines, beat-sheets, etc etc. All of these […]
4screenwriting, Ken Loach + Your Questions please
SCRIPT EDITING ESSENTIALS. One day course this coming Thursday June 22nd at the Indie Training Fund in Hoxton – still 2 places available. http://indietrainingfund.com/courses/script-editing-essentials/?event=9933 Hi There. The last couple of weeks have been mainly taken up for me by the 2nd weekend of the 2017 CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE, culminating in the drinks evening […]
LONDON WRITERS WEEK 2017
Hi There, Two events that I’m part of in the next couple of months – LONDON WRITERS WEEK 2017 This takes place over the week of July 3 – 9 at the lovely Granary Building in Kings Cross (campus for Central St Martins, University of the Arts London & Drama Centre London). Here is some […]
TV DRAMA, PODCASTS, LONDON SUNDANCE
A one day SCRIPT EDITING course that I’m running at the Indie Training Fund in London, June 22nd. http://indietrainingfund.com/courses/script-editing-essentials/?event=9933 Hi There, TRIBUTE PODCASTS / ROBIN BELL WRITER INTERVIEWS www.tributepodcasts.co.uk For the last few months we’ve been featuring and publicising one of these 13 dramatic monologues each week on social media. We’ve now finished […]
Notes from Radio Times TV Festival Jack Thorne Interview
Hi There, This week – notes from an interview with screenwriter JACK THORNE from last month’s Radio Times TV festival at the BFI – Started in theatre. Instinctively a lieutenant not a captain. Try to give power to others so that I’m not responsible. In theatre, pressure on the 1st draft – not quite […]
THE SPEC SCRIPT + COLIN DEXTER
Hi There, This week – A piece I’ve written that is also going out today via the BBC Writers Room about the spec script & the writer’s voice. And a tribute to one of our great crime writers, COLIN DEXTER, who sadly died recently, written by DAVID BISHOP, who knows everything there is to know […]
DAVID ARMSTRONG
www.tributepodcasts.co.uk A series of 13 dramatic monologues about life and death. Please listen, enjoy and spread the word! http://indietrainingfund.com/courses/script-editing-essentials/?event=8668 A one day SCRIPT EDITING course that I’m running at the Indie Training Fund in London on April 27th (and June 22nd) Hi There, This week, a guest blog by writer DAVID ARMSTRONG. Prompted by […]
