CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE GUEST SPEAKER NOTES Part 2
Hi There, This is Part 2 of the notes from the guest speakers talks at the 1st weekend of the Channel 4 screenwriting course in January. THE WRITING PROCESS If beat sheets don’t come naturally to you, then get used to faking it. In your first draft you should aim to get it all out, […]
C4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 1ST WEEKEND FEEDBACK
Hi There, Jan 26th & 27th was the 1st weekend of this year’s CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE and, as ever, we had some brilliant guest speakers coming into Channel 4 to impart their wisdom to this year’s 12 writers. We had a great mix of writers (mainly) but also a director, producers, script editors, literary […]
THE WAY, WAY BACK
THE WAY, WAY BACK Hi There, A few evenings ago I was slumped on the sofa without anything obvious to watch until I saw that TWWB was on again on Film 4. From the very first scene I was transfixed and reminded of what an outstanding film this is. Another reason why I gravitated back […]
TRIBUTE Dramatic Monologues SERIES 2
TRIBUTE PODCAST SERIES 2 : ‘LOVE – FIRST CONNECTION’ Hi There and Happy New Year, If you’ve been reading these newsletters for some time, you may know about the series of podcasts I put out a couple of years ago – 13 dramatic monologues about death. www.tributepodcasts.co.uk I’ve finally got around to planning the 2nd […]
SCRIPT MENTORING
SCRIPT MENTORING – http://script-consultant.co.uk/script-mentoring/ Hi There, This week I’m delighted to announce that I’m re-launching and expanding my SCRIPT MENTORING service through my script-consultant.co.uk website (link above). Apologies to those of you have been enquiring about this part of my script feedback service in the last few weeks and apologies that I have been […]
CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 2019 : SCRIPT READER FEEDBACK
Hi There, This week I’m indebted to my very excellent team of readers for the 2019 CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE for sharing their thoughts and responses about what has been an intense reading process that we’ve all just undergone in finalising the shortlist of 34 writers for interview. I’m hugely impressed by my […]
WRITER FEEDBACK
Hi There, This week – a report back from one of my recent script mentees, Ann Hawker, on her experiences at The Writer’s Lab 2018 Sponsored by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman – ‘In September this year I was lucky enough to be invited to take part in The Writer’s Lab, a scheme sponsored […]
AUTUMN DRAMA SCRIPT HIGHLIGHTS
Hi There, This week a look back at some of my drama highlights from this Autumn so far – LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2018 SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce (adapted from one of his own short stories). Lead actor Bill Nighy was interviewed afterwards and talked about how director Kar Hunter sold […]
STORY IDEAS & PITCHING Part 2
Hi There, Following on from my newsletter two weeks ago about story ideas and pitching, here are some more related thoughts – MEETINGS Once you’ve written 2 or 3 outstanding spec scripts and people in the industry are starting to take notice of you, you will get a lot of meetings and you need to […]
PITCHING / IDEAS
Hi There, I’ve had a hugely enjoyable week with three days of courses – on Tuesday my STORY, IDEAS AND CHARACTER ‘masterclass’ at the Indie Training Fund (who this week merged with Creative Skillset to become ‘SCREENSKILLS’ in case you’re interested); and then on Wednesday and Thursday 2 sessions with the BBC writersroom 2018 Drama […]
