NEW SCREENWRITING COURSES
Hi There, 2 DAY SCREENWRITING COURSE LONDON Oct 12-13 & Nov 16-17 I am very pleased to announce that I will be running my 2 DAY WEEKEND SCREENWRITING COURSE in London twice this autumn. As before these two-day courses will focus on both craft and career and will each include three guest speakers. On October […]
SCREENWRITING CONNECTIONS
Hi There, It’s been a busy and enjoyable last couple of working weeks. We finished this year’s CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE with the annual drinks evening at Channel 4 where we invite people from the industry – literary agents, producers, development executives, script editors – to meet the year’s 12 writers. The following morning it […]
10 SCREENWRITING QUESTIONS – TIM ATACK
Hi There, This week the first of the responses to my TEN SCREENWRITING QUESTIONS – answered by the excellent TIM ATACK. Tim was on the Channel 4 screenwriting course in 2015. He is a brilliantly original writer. He wrote the environmental thriller FOREST 404 for BBC Sounds and is part of a team adapting the […]
THE POWER OF STORY
Hi There, The following story was put out on twitter last week by @sixthformpoet and quickly went viral – it’s even made its way onto The Sun website! I have to confess I knew nothing about @sixthformpoet before last week but she/he seems to be a rather wonderful story-teller. I read the following story thread […]
CHARACTERISATION
Hi There, With the various scripts I have been reading / working on / watching recently, I have been thinking a lot about what makes for successful, compelling characterisations. There is so much wonderful stuff on TV at the moment and three of the characters that have stood out for me in my viewing over […]
ROBIN BELL
Hi There, This week, very sadly, the blog is dedicated to the life of writer ROBIN BELL. Robin was writer of one of the 13 ‘Tribute’ dramatic monologues. He was a brilliant writer, as you can hear for yourself, from his ‘Tribute’ monologue. He was passionate about film and story-telling and was hugely generous with […]
STEALING CHARACTERS
Hi There, A few things to recap / catch up on with you this week – First – thank you very much indeed to all of you who have responded so insightfully and entertainingly to my 10 SCREENWRITING QUESTIONS from two weeks ago. These mini-questionnaires will appear at irregular intervals in this newsletter over the […]
10 SCREENWRITING QUESTIONS – AN INVITATION
1 DAY INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING COURSE May 18th London. Thank you to everyone who has already signed up for this course. I have booked a BIG room so there are still some places available. To recap – it will work both as an introduction for newer screenwriters but also as an inspiring refresher and kick-start […]
1 Day Screenwriting Course
Hi There, SCREENWRITING COURSES An update on my two upcoming central London screenwriting courses. The 2 day screenwriting course on June 8-9 sold out within 10 hours of my sending out the last newsletter. Apologies to anyone who applied too late – I hope to run another of these courses in the autumn. My new […]
2 NEW SCREENWRITING COURSES
Hi There, I’m very pleased to announce that I will be running two courses in central London in the next few months. A brand new one-day Introduction to – and Celebration of – the wonderful craft of SCREENWRITING on May 18 and my 2 day SCREENWRITING course – about Craft and Career – over the […]
