SCREENWRITERS WHO INSPIRE
Hi There, This week, Part 2 of your answers to the question: Which contemporary screenwriter\s do you find the most inspiring and why? ‘Jimmy Gardner: writer of Outlaws, The Cops and Buried – I was lucky enough to take part in a residential writing course with Jimmy a few years ago. At the time I […]
STORY IDEAS + CREATIVE WRITING COURSES
Hi There, NEW TV DRAMA COMMISSIONS The BBC recently announced a whole raft of new drama shows to be made. To quote Charlotte Moore, Controller, BBC1 – “I want to expand the range and ambition of new drama on BBC One, and challenge ourselves to be even more original and distinctive. BBC One has […]
CREATIVITY FOR SCRIPTWRITERS – NEW COURSE
Hi There, This week: A NEW COURSE! and Your answers to Question no.5 in my SCREENWRITING SURVEY. CREATIVITY FOR SCRIPTWRITERS, Central London, Saturday June 21st This is a one day course I have now road-tested twice. I always have a really enjoyable time running it and the course has received some very nice feedback from […]
SCREENWRITING NOTES PART 3
Hi There, Last week I mentioned character ideas pitched to me by my CREATIVITY FOR SCRIPTWRITERS course at the Actors Centre, London. This week I was asked by my MA Scriptwriting students at the Central St Martins \ University of the Arts London (at the wonderful new building by the canal at Kings Cross […]
RANDOM SCREENWRITING THOUGHTS PART 2
Hi There, This week, a few more RANDOM SCREENWRITING THOUGHTS – Going back to the script editing course I ran 2 weeks ago at Baby Cow Productions – one part of the discussion focused on the relationship between screenwriters and producers \ script editors – and what a good script editor or producer can bring […]
SCREENWRITING LISTS
Hi There, This week a bit of a jumble of – RANDOM SCREENWRITING THOUGHTS YOUNGERS First off I’d like to make a Guardian-style CORRECTION. Two weeks ago I credited Levi David Addai as creator of the Big Talk \ E4 series YOUNGERS. I failed to credit the show’s co-creator BENJAMIN RUFFOUR. Apologies Ben – and […]
RADIO DRAMA – JOHN DRYDEN
Hi There, This week, a guest article by writer \ director JOHN DRYDEN. JOHN is a talented screenwriter but is most known for his pioneering work in radio drama, where he has forged a great reputation on the back of several very exciting and innovative radio drama projects. I asked John to write about RADIO […]
LESSONS FROM THE CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING WEEKEND
Hi There, Last weekend saw the first part of this year’s Channel 4 screenwriting course. We had a great line-up of guest speakers (inc John Yorke, script editor \ producers Hilary Norrish & Emily Feller, director Charles Martin, writers Tony Grisoni, Emily Ballou – and Cat Jones and Anna Symon from the 2012 & 2013 […]
SCREENWRITING: A MIDDLE EASTERN PERSPECTIVE
Hi There, Many apologies for sending you the same newsletter two weeks in a row last week – which I did then follow up with a new one – which I hope you received. This was all caused by the fact I was running around with my pants on my head last Friday morning as […]
YOUR SCRIPT HIGHLIGHTS 2013
Hi There, Thank you so much for your responses to my blog of last week – ‘Script Highlights of 2013’.. Looks like I’ve got some enjoyable viewing to catch up on… Here are your contributions with a few interspersed comments from me in italics. ‘Hi Phil, As a dedicated Morse-head I am obviously biased, but […]
