CREATIVE STEALING – YOUR RESPONSES
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Hi There, I hope your writing is going very well. This fortnight, your responses to my last newsletter, ‘CREATIVE STEALING’. ‘Hi Philip, Inspiring newsletter, thank you. I like STEALING. I
Hi There, STORY PROMPTS / STEALING CREATIVELY One of the things I often find myself talking to writers about is the importance of having a fund of great ideas that
Hi There, INTERVIEWS & CVs INTERVIEWS I’ve been in the lucky position over the last few years of being the one who does the interviewing rather than being the one
Hi There, This fortnight, I want to tell you about three courses I will be running in the next few weeks / months – CREATIVITY FOR SCRIPTWRITERS Sunday June 18th
In a neglected bookshelf at home, I found this book that I had first read a long time ago and hadn’t looked at for the last decade or two. I
Hi There, In the last week of February, for the first time, I tutored on an Arvon Foundation residential week at the beautiful Lumb Bank, Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath’s
Hi There, This fortnight, I’m really grateful to ROXY COOK for sharing her thoughts and responses to the script reading experience for the 2023 Channel 4 screenwriting course. Roxy is
Hi There, SCREENWRITING & SOCIAL MEDIA This topic – the connections between screenwriting & social media – is on my mind right now for a few reasons. Last Monday
Hi There, It was a sad moment on Sunday evening when HAPPY VALLEY finally came to an end after 3 series – this has quite simply been one of the
Hi There, This fortnight a guest blog by one of my excellent script readers, now shadow script editor on the 2023 Channel 4 screenwriting course, Polly Creed – THE IMPORTANCE
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Hi There, This fortnight, some recommendations. Some of the outstanding stories I have read and watched in the last few months, but first… SCRIPT READING & DEVELOPMENT Q&A September 10th 2025 The next
THIS IS A TRUE STORY Except, in the case of The Salt Path it turns out it may not be. I have read and enjoyed the book and this week went to see
Hi There, 20 SCREENWRITERS IN 1 ROOM FOR 2 DAYS This past weekend I ran my 2 day screenwriting course – for the first time for 3 years. I really enjoyed it and
Hi There, On Wednesday afternoon I was lucky enough to go to a matinee preview at the National Theatre of the revival of LONDON ROAD. This is a verbatim musical about the community
GREENLIGHT SCREENWRITING LAB: 1st Weekend Galway May 10-11 I was lucky enough to go to Galway earlier in May for the first weekend of this year’s GREENLIGHT SCREENWRITING LAB, a scheme for new
DRAMATIC IRONY by Tom Hanham HELP! I don’t have much time. I’m being held hostage and Philip Shelley is forcing me to write a newsletter, I don’t even know what dramatic irony is…
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