Journalling for Creatives: Morning Pages
One practice that I’ve been developing over the last few years, and which has really helped in 2020, has been journalling in its myriad forms.
So You’ve Finished NaNoWriMo?
If the headline really does apply to you, let me start off by saying… Congratulations! That was a mighty deed! I’ll get right back to
Web Apps for Writers 2020
I previously wrote a listicle of Mobile Apps for Writers, aimed at the writer on the go. But after seven months of lockdown and WFH,
Alan Moore on Screenwriting
Alan Moore, genius, writer and wizard is in the news again. What he wanted to talk about was his new movie, The Show, starring Tom
NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge 2020
When I recently wrote “I’ve entered into a little script writing competition“, what I specifically meant was the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Challenge 2020. This
2019 TV Highlights: Fleabag
I started writing this post back in October, knowing that I’d be unlikely to have time to write about more than one favourite TV show
The Rise of the Newsletter
They say all you need to be a writer, is to write. They say, if you write every day, you’re a writer. They say that
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
Mobile Apps for Writers 2019
These days many writers rely on their mobile devices, their phones and tablets, rather than (or in addition to) more analogue stationary. Anything to get
The Problem With Twitter Threads
It’s about 18 months now since Twitter introduced Threads, a way of linking tweets together to form a coherent and conjoined narrative. Not so much
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
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
Gonzo Blogging
There was some discussion on Twitter the other day, about how a blog differed from a journal; that many blogs were in fact mere journals,
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
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