Oscar Pistorius – the ‘crime drama’
Hi There, Listening to the news about the Oscar Pistorius bail hearing made me think about dramatic story-telling and took me back to some of
Hi There, Listening to the news about the Oscar Pistorius bail hearing made me think about dramatic story-telling and took me back to some of
Hi There, There’s a discussion ‘thread’ on the UK SCREENWRITERS group on the ‘linked-in’ social network, which you may have seen. If you’re not signed
Hi There, A bit of a hotch-potch this week. Various stories have come up in the past few weeks that have grabbed my attention –
Hi There, The main part of this week’s newsletter is a CHRISTMAS QUIZ about British TV drama, which you should find quite taxing. I’ll give
Hi There, CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE ENTRIES 2013 + OTHER THOUGHTS I’ve finally finished working my way through the 1600 script entries for the 2013
Hi There, Something a bit different this week – and a day early too! Why am I a day early? (You may ask). Because I’m
Hi There, This week I have been paying my annual visit to the LONDON FILM FESTIVAL. I am hugely impressed year after year at the
Hi There, Lots of really interesting responses to my newsletter of last week about university screenwriting courses and what they can do for you as
Hi There, DRAMA SERIES This week – a few more thoughts about drama series formats, in preparation for my CREATING DRAMA SERIES script lab at
Hi There, You may remember a couple of weeks ago I wrote about the best drama and comedy I’d been looking at in the last
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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
ONE DAY INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING COURSE London Saturday March 22nd I’m delighted to be running this one day course for the first time for 2 years and I am now taking bookings. Please
Hi There, This fortnight I look back at the 1st weekend of the 2025 CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE, which we held at C4’s offices in London over the weekend of Jan 18
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
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