Category: Thoughts on Screenwriting

MUIRINN LANE KELLY I have thought twice about writing this, wondering if it’s presumptuous, not really my place to do so. But these are my

Hi There, In this newsletter, I want to look at the issue of – FAMILIAR STORYTELLING TROPES By which I mean – all those devices

  Hi There, This fortnight a random selection of thoughts about different aspects of screenwriting. CREATING CHARACTERS PERSON PLACE PROP A character exercise based on

WHAT IS GOOD WRITING? I recently read the novel Sorrow And Bliss by Meg Mason. It’s a wonderful book. The writing gave me such pleasure.

Hi There, This fortnight I’m doing something I haven’t done before – recycling an old newsletter. So this is an adapted / extended version of

  Hi There, One of the things I’ve been thinking about recently in scripts / stories is the question of the DRAMATIC PROPOSITION of a

Hi There, This fortnight, the final guest article from the 7 script readers for the 2022 Channel 4 screenwriting course by Sylvie Markes (as you’ll

Story in a time of war You don’t need me to tell you that we’re living through dark times. The last few years have brought

  Hi There, This week, Part 5 of the feedback from the script readers from the 2022 CHANNEL 4 SCREENWRITING COURSE, first by NADIA ATTIA,

Hi There, This fortnight, channel 4 screenwriting course 2022, script reader feedback Part 4, from Matthew Hirons. Matt is a shadow script editor on 4screenwriting