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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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SCRIPT EDITING COURSE

I am running a one day intensive ‘Insider’s Guide To Script Editing’ course in Central London on Saturday April 10th, in association with Initialize Films. Guest speaker is writer PAUL

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March 17, 2010

Film Critics

FILM CRITICS Seeing the recent critical pasting received by the film The Boys Are Back made me think about how much we all rely on film critics to inform us

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February 25, 2010

screenwriting – the mathematical approach!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/dec/01/research-tv-drama-csi Here’s a link to an interesting article from The Guardian. Some boffins try to apply a scientific \ mathematical approach to script analysis. Interesting how they quite successfully boil

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January 20, 2010

london film festival gems

London Film Festival – Studies in Narrative Structure Last week I went to 4 very different films at this year’s LFF, and they proved very inspiring and creatively energising. They

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November 6, 2009

Damian Wayling interview

DAMIAN WAYLING INTERVIEW Damian is a writer whom I first met when he was on the Carlton new writers course some years ago. It was clear then that he had

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October 7, 2009

The Street

Just a quick one to recommend ( a bit late in the day) the current BBC series ‘The Street’. For me, these shows are object lessons in top-quality dramatic story-telling.

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August 13, 2009

screenwriting articles

Two really interesting articles, one recent, one not so recent. Firstly, an excellent article by US screenwriter SHANE BLACK from last week’s Guardian, with tips on how to write an

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May 26, 2009

Happy Anniversary!

www.script-consultant.co.uk has just passed its first anniversary and I thought I’d briefly reflect on the first year. Above all, it’s been a lot of fun. Generally speaking I’ve read a

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May 21, 2009

more screenwriting books…

Some more recommended books about screen-writing that may be of interest:- The Pitch by Eileen Quinn & Judy Counihan As far as I’m aware the only UK book specifically about

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May 8, 2009

News, Tips & Advice

I have been creating industry relevant blog posts and newsletters for many years.  These posts provide invaluable insight and advice to both scriptwriters and producers.  I’ve included a selection below, but to find specific categories and posts click on the link to visit my news page.

STORY AND DEATH

  Yes, it’s a cheery one. At the risk of being extremely depressing, I have been thinking, for various reasons, about death quite a lot recently. And that led onto thinking about the

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