NEW SCREENWRITING BOOKS + TESTIMONIALS
Part of the enjoyment of my script consultancy is working with writers at all levels of experience. Recently, among many others, I have been working with some more experienced writers on a couple of really interesting projects. (I’ve been meaning to update the script consultancy testimonials page of my website for some time – and […]
Esther Springer – BBC script editor – interview
This week – an interview with script editor ESTHER SPRINGER. Esther is without doubt one of the best and most successful script editors working in UK TV drama today. What’s great about Esther is her huge enthusiasm for good writing, an enthusiasm matched by her abilities and her unrivalled knowledge of films and TV. Esther […]
My UK screenwriting tour
Hi There It’s been a busy and exciting week – Last Saturday Phil Gladwin and I held our first Pitching course in central London. It was a lot of fun – really entertaining being pitched to all day by some very impressive writers. At the start of the day we put them on the spot […]
SCREENWRITER INTERVIEWS AND OTHER THOUGHTS
Hi there, Two things that occurred to me this week about my website – I got an enquiry this week asking if I send the scripts I receive for feedback out to readers. The answer to that question is ABSOLUTELY NOT! I started this service because I’m an experienced and very well-qualified script editor and […]
Writing \ Ideas
Hi there, One of the things I often tell new writers is to read produced screenplays, to look at how the best, most experienced writers express themselves in the way they write screenplays – the balance between directions and dialogue, the way they paint a picture with minimal description, the power of visual story-telling over […]
Pitching & Screenwriting Courses Spring \ Summer 2012
Hi there, SCREENWRITING \ PITCHING COURSES 2012 This week I want to tell you about the courses I am running this Spring \ early Summer with my scriptwriter friend Phil Gladwin. Phil and I used to work together as script editors in the BBC drama series department before he left to start a career as […]
Script Consultant Blog \ Newsletter Feb 17th 2012
Hi there, This is my weekly newsletter \ blog for Feb 17th 2012. This week’s newsletter is an interview with another screenwriter I met in Singapore. MARCUS GOH is an incredibly busy, and despite his self-effacement, very successful staff writer for Singapore’s main broadcaster Mediacorp. He fulfils a role that doesn’t really exist in the […]
Borgen + Breaking Bad : Feb 10th newsletter
Hi there, This is the fourth of my weekly newsletter \ blogs for 2012. BREAKING BAD \ BORGEN There’s nothing like watching a really good drama to inspire you as a writer. And these two are both crackers. I have to admit to catching up with both of these shows a bit late in the […]
STORY!
STORY At the recent first weekend of this year’s Channel 4 screenwriting course, screenwriter & novelist RONAN BENNETT (Top Boy, Hidden, Rebel Heart, Public Enemies) talking about the vital importance and centrality of STORY, made reference to the script of TOY STORY 1 as a touchstone for screenplay story-telling. This was something I really related […]
US screenwriter interview – Brian Sawyer & Gregg Rossen
Hi there, This is the second of my weekly newsletter \ blogs for 2012. Earlier last year I spent a really interesting and enjoyable week in Singapore teaching a script editing course to Singapore TV Drama professionals. While there I also met an American screenwriting partnership, BRIAN SAWYER & GREGG ROSSEN. BRIAN & GREGG are […]