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Hi There, NEW TV DRAMA COMMISSIONS The BBC recently announced a whole raft of new drama shows to be made. To quote Charlotte Moore,
Hi There, NEW TV DRAMA COMMISSIONS The BBC recently announced a whole raft of new drama shows to be made. To quote Charlotte Moore,
Hi There, Last week I mentioned character ideas pitched to me by my CREATIVITY FOR SCRIPTWRITERS course at the Actors Centre, London. This week
Hi There, This week, a few more RANDOM SCREENWRITING THOUGHTS – Going back to the script editing course I ran 2 weeks ago at Baby
Hi There, I’ve recently discovered the wonderful ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK on Netflix and have watched 9 episodes in the last week.
Hi There, I’m just coming out of my annual November immersion in the script entries for the 2014 Channel 4 screenwriting course. I’ve spent
Hi There, This week the 2nd and final part of your answers to the question: What’s your number one tip for screenwriting success? I think
Hi There, This week I’m continuing with the 2nd and final part of your answers to the question… What world event \ news has inspired
Hi There, This week I’m returning to the fascinating and inspiring answers so many of you gave to the survey questions I posed back in
Hi There I’m running a Script Lab at the London Screenwriters Festival on Sat Oct 26th on ‘Creating TV drama series’ (as I did last
Hi There, This week I’m returning – not before time – to the answers from the SCREENWRITING SURVEY from my blog way back in June. This
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Hi There, SCREENWRITING THE CRAFT AND THE CAREER by PHILIP SHELLEY Please excuse this 2nd newsletter about my book, published yesterday Thursday January 23rd – it’s important to me and I hope will
Hi There, And Happy New Year! My newsletter returns with some random musings about storytelling for the screen – TROPES & MYTHS I really enjoyed this question and answer from RICHARD LINKLATER’S Q&A
Dear All, SCREENWRITING – THE CRAFT AND THE CAREER by PHILIP SHELLEY https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/screenwriting Following up on last Friday’s newsletter teaser, I’m delighted to be able to share with you that I have written
Hi There, This fortnight – a teaser and more recommendations. TEASER! I’ve been reading a LOT of these (teasers) in the scripts submitted for the 2025 Channel 4 screenwriting course and here is
Hi There, This fortnight – some recommendations of writing about writing. I’ve recently read these excellent books – LIKE BROTHERS by Mark and Jay Duplass Part memoir and part instructional book for budding
Hi There, It’s blindingly obvious that the most important thing for budding screenwriters is your writing – your ability to tell a story compellingly and entertainingly. But my experience working with so many
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