BBC TV DRAMA FESTIVAL REPORT + SURVEY WINNER ANNOUNCED!
Hi There, I’ve been overwhelmed by your responses to my SURVEY last week – both in terms of quality and quantity. It has been enormously
Hi There, I’ve been overwhelmed by your responses to my SURVEY last week – both in terms of quality and quantity. It has been enormously
Hi There, THE AUTHORITATIVE GUIDE TO WRITING – AND SELLING! – A GREAT SCREENPLAY Central London July 13th & 14th Phil Gladwin and I are
‘It takes years of screenwriting to have an overnight success. It also takes talent, willpower, determination, grit and more than anything – it requires failure.’
Hi There, Another weekend, another course. Last Saturday and Sunday I was running my two day screenwriting course with writer Phil Gladwin, ‘The Authoritative Guide
Hi There, Last Saturday and Sunday was the first weekend of this year’s Channel 4 screenwriting course. This first weekend is intended to introduce the
Hi There, I hope you all had a very good Christmas and New Year break and that your creativity is now at full power. Personally
Hi There, This week I’m going back to the debate of a few weeks ago about the usefulness or otherwise of a university education in
Hi There, I got a wonderful response to last week’s newsletter about French \ foreign films and the favourable comparison to general Hollywood output. One
Hi There, CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 2013 First and most importantly this week, entries to the CHANNEL 4 screenwriting course 2013 are now entering their
Hi There, This week a guest blog from writer and former script editor MERCY HOOPER. Mercy responded to my newsletters of the last two weeks
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.
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…
Hi There, As you will see, this newsletter is very much longer than usual. This is a short story sent to me by writer DAVID ARMSTRONG. David is one of my favourite novelists.
Hi There, This fortnight, some reader feedback from the excellent MATT MCNALLY, who covered 280 of your script entries for the 2025 Channel 4 screenwriting course – ‘I thought I’d write something for
Hi There, 2 more courses – 2 DAY SCREENWRITING COURSE, LONDON June 21-22 https://script-consultant.co.uk/2-day-screenwriting-course/ I’m really pleased to be running my 2 day / weekend screenwriting course again for the first time in
Hi There, This fortnight, some of the notes I made as I was reading script submissions for the 2025 Channel 4 screenwriting course. None of these are ‘rules’ (there are no rules!), just
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