AUTUMN DRAMA HIGHLIGHTS
I will be running my STORY, CHARACTER & IDEAS masterclass at the Indie Training Fund in London on Tuesday Oct 2nd – places still available. http://indietrainingfund.com/courses/narrative/?event=15616 Hi There, The scripts have been pouring in for the 2019 CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE since we opened for entries two weeks ago today (we’re already past […]
CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 2019
Hi There, CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 2019 I’m pleased to announce that I will be running this course again in 2019 and that entries opened TODAY at 9am! We will be open for entries for 3 weeks – until 5pm on Friday September 28. All the details and information you need, and the entry form, […]
WRITERS’ RETREAT FRANCE Sept 16-22
Hi There, WRITERS’ RETREAT France Sept 16 – 22 2018 I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been asked to run a WRITERS’ RETREAT in France at the home of writer Katy Walker. (Katy wrote the excellent TRIBUTE PODCAST ‘Valediction Forbidding Mourning’ http://tributepodcasts.co.uk/podcasts/valediction-forbidding-mourning-katy-walker/ and has just graduated with a distinction from the MA Dramatic Writing […]
SCRIPT CONSULTANCY + CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE
Hi There, SCRIPT CONSULTANCY I’ve been running my script consultancy for quite a few years now and have always thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s particularly exciting to see a project develop and improve over several drafts, especially when I then feel able to recommend that script to suitable industry people. But there comes a point […]
RANDOM WRITING OBSERVATIONS
A one day SCRIPT EDITING course I’m running at the INDIE TRAINING FUND in London on July 19th http://indietrainingfund.com/courses/script-editing-essentials/?event=14248 Hi There, This week a few random observations on writing – A QUIET PLACE I saw this film a couple of weeks ago. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. It’s predicated on […]
LESSONS FROM MY SCREENWRITING COURSE
FORTHCOMING one day COURSES I’m running at the Indie Training Fund, London – STORY, CHARACTER & IDEAS masterclass (May 31) and SCRIPT EDITING ESSENTIALS (July 19). http://indietrainingfund.com/courses/narrative/?event=12576 http://indietrainingfund.com/courses/script-editing-essentials/?event=14248 Hi There, Last weekend I ran my two day SCREENWRITING COURSE in London. It’s always great to meet new writers and this course was no […]
SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT – BEN WEATHERILL
Hi There, This week I’m indebted to the wonderful BEN WEATHERILL. Ben is a brilliant writer (of stage and screen) who was on the Channel 4 screenwriting course in 2016. A little while ago, he had a slight twitter-vent about the script development process and his recent experience of it. I thought it was a […]
SCRIPT FEEDBACK
FORTHCOMING one day COURSES at the Indie Training Fund, London – STORY, CHARACTER & IDEAS masterclass (May 31) and SCRIPT EDITING ESSENTIALS (July 19). http://indietrainingfund.com/courses/narrative/?event=12576 http://indietrainingfund.com/courses/script-editing-essentials/?event=14248 Hi There, This week the newsletter is comprised of a debate from my screenwriters studio Facebook page (a group of screenwriters who have been on my independent […]
NETWORKING – A NECESSARY EVIL?
Hi There, This week, my most recent blog for the BBC WRITERS ROOM website – about NETWORKING. To be a successful writer of TV drama, the most important thing is your ability to write (obviously!) BUT it is worth remembering that there is a whole other side to your work as a TV dramatist that […]
TWO WRITERS
Hi There, I was delighted to see that ANN HAWKER came 2nd in Phil Gladwin’s 2018 screenwriting goldmine awards. I worked with Ann on this script through my script consultancy as one of my 6 month script mentees. It was a process I really enjoyed, and I was so delighted with the script Ann wrote. […]
