Emmy 2019 Nominated Screenplays
The last year really has been a year of outstanding writing in what we still stubbornly insist on calling “TV”. I have favourites from every … Read more
Story of A Script: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
I’ve always loved the Indiana Jones movies. Raiders was an early favourite, Temple of Doom was the first screenplay I ever read, and I’ve always … Read more
Game of Thrones Screenplays
The adaptation of George R. R. Martin‘s fantasy epic by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss may not be without controversy, but there’s no denying … Read more
Screenplays of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Let me up front in saying, this list is incomplete, and will likely always remain so. Marvel may not have locked down their Phase 1 … Read more
Story of a Script: Bird Box
Bird Box was written by Eric Heisserer, based on the book of the same title by Josh Malerman. While Eric’s previous adaptation, Arrival was a … Read more
Creative Goals 2019
Where would we be without goals? Now, some might argue we’d be better balanced and less stressed if we were more focussed on the journey … Read more
Screenwriting Back to Basics
Some time back, Scott Myers of Go Into The Story posted up a series of articles on the fundamentals of script writing. They were useful but I … Read more
Dates for your diary – December 2018
Rather than re-publishing dates of contests, festivals, and opportunities every few months, I’ve instead gone for a big annual page for 2019. I’ll then use … Read more
Story of a Script: Arrival
Story of Your Life is a science fiction novella by American writer Ted Chiang, first published in Starlight 2 in 1998, and in 2002 in … Read more
Screenwriting Opportunities and Contests September 2018
Planning out the year’s submission strategy for screenplays can be tough, there are so many of them, with dates scattered throughout the year. Time it … Read more
Project Carnaby – Loglines
Chances are if you see a screenwriter crying and/or banging their head against the desk, possibly whilst wailing about the injustice of the world, it’s … Read more
Recovering Corrupted Final Draft Files
Considering how often I’ve heard reports of Final Draft crashing or corrupting files, it’s astonishing to me that people still recommend it. Sure, it had … Read more
Project Carnaby – Urban Fantasy
Most of what I write is in the genre of urban fantasy, and this project will be too. So I probably ought to define it … Read more
Project Carnaby – Research
Write what you know. Such a misunderstood phrase, and it’s why you get so many terrible scripts about writers with writer’s block. (Everyone has a … Read more
Project Carnaby – A Writer’s Saga
No, I’m not breaking my golden rule of not writing about writers with writer’s block. There are lots of motivational groups and programs for screenwriters, … Read more