Category: Thoughts on Screenwriting

STORY, IDEAS, NARRATIVE STRUCTURE – AND SPORT Clearly one of the most important aspects of any story / screenplay is the idea at the heart

  Hi There, This week I want to share with you an email I received a few weeks ago from Australian screenwriter PADDY MACRAE. Apologies

Hi There, The Channel 4 screenwriting course has come to an end for another year and I’d like to reflect on a few things I

  Hi There, This week, some random thoughts on screenwriting and storytelling for the screen that have occurred to me recently, from the scripts I’ve

Hi There, LITERARY AGENTS This week, more notes and quotes from the 1st weekend of this year’s CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE 1st weekend discussions from

Hi There, This week the 2nd and final selection from your wonderful, fascinating responses to my newsletter of March 19th on a year of living

Hi There, I don’t know about you but I’m still in a low-level state of disbelief and shock about what we’ve been through over the

Hi There, This week, the 2nd part of the readers’ feedback about the script submissions for the 2021 Channel 4 screenwriting course. The Originality Myth

Hi There, I want to wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR and let’s hope it’s a big improvement on 2020 (despite rather unpromising

Hi There, MORE ON ONE PAGE PITCHES I know this is an area I’ve discussed in the past – but here are a few more