SUMMER SCREENWRITING HIGHLIGHTS
Hi There, After my summer break, it’s very good to get back to thinking about TV, film and screenwriting. I’ve watched quite a few shows
Hi There, After my summer break, it’s very good to get back to thinking about TV, film and screenwriting. I’ve watched quite a few shows
Hi There, A break from your survey answers as I wanted to tell you about 4 pieces of dramatic writing that I’ve seen this week:
Hi There, As I mentioned briefly last week, I’ve been overwhelmed by your responses to my SURVEY of two weeks ago – both in terms
Hi There, ‘a gripping psychological thriller… masterpiece… brilliant: a noir psychological thriller – like a 21st-century Marnie, or Rosemary’s Baby… a gripping and disturbing thriller‘
Hi There, Thank you so much once for all your excellent responses to my rather thin ‘World’ cinema and TV drama list from last week.
Hi There, I had a lot of reaction to my BLOG two weeks ago about French film ‘The Day I Saw Your Heart’. There seem
Hi There, Last night I went to see French film ‘The Day I Saw Your Heart‘, part of the UK Jewish Film Festival at the
This week’s newsletter is a somewhat brief affair – it’s a holiday! But I just thought I’d share with you some of the writing that
Just a quick one to recommend ( a bit late in the day) the current BBC series ‘The Street’. For me, these shows are object
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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…
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
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