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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … 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
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, … 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
What No Westerns?
A thought struck me this morning, after RTing a One Perfect Shot image. THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (1995) Director of Photography: Dante SpinottiDirector: Sam … 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
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