I have been writing these fortnightly newsletters for over a decade on many different aspects of screenwriting and storytelling. So this has grown into a fairly huge online resource for screenwriters.
We have tried to break the newsletters into useful categories so that you can access the subjects that interest you.
I have covered many subjects over the years – including PITCHING, CHARACTERISATION, LITERARY AGENTS, many recommendations of inspiring and brilliant shows and scripts; and interviews with many fascinating screenwriters and producers.
I hope you will have fun dipping into some of the old newsletters; and I hope that they will be helpful and energising for your screenwriting.
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Hi There, Earlier this month I spent 6 days at the beautiful Arvon Foundation house in Totleigh Barton, deepest Devon, with co-tutor Thara Popoola and 14 screenwriters on a writing
A MANIFESTO FOR TV DRAMA IN 2026 – YOUR RESPONSES Thank you so much for all the fascinating, generous and constructive responses to my newsletter of 2 weeks ago. Here
Hi There, A MANIFESTO FOR TV DRAMA IN THE UK IN 2026 At this particular moment it feels like the TV drama industry in the UK is in irrevocable
CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 2027 I’m delighted to be able to announce the running of this course again in 2027 – the 17th year we’ve run the course. The entry
Hi There, ONE DAY SCREENWRITING COURSE, LONDON, November 14th 2026 https://script-consultant.co.uk/one-day-screenwriting-course/ I’m delighted to announce that I will be running a ONE DAY SCREENWRTING COURSE in central London on Saturday
Hi There, I had an intense couple of days early last week – on Monday the funeral of my old boss and the person who not only gave me
MY MOST COMMON SCRIPT NOTES Part 2 More of the notes on scripts that I seem to give most frequently. These are all direct quotes from script reports I have
Hi There, This fortnight my screenwriting newsletter consists of the Channel 4 press release about the 2026 Channel 4 screenwriting course that is being sent out today (Friday June 12th).
MOST COMMON NOTES FROM SCRIPT FEEDBACK Through my script consultancy, over 18 years, I have now fed back on over 2300 different projects (screenplays, radio plays, stage plays, outlines, treatments,
Hi There, In praise of TV drama series – The Pitt & Blue Lights. In the last decade or more, traditional long-running precinct-based, procedural TV drama series have not been
