I’ve tried it both ways. I’ve followed the advice of screenwriting books and have diligently plotted a film or TV series with my 5″x7″ cards…
In the spirit of ‘New Year, New Me!’ (despite wearing the same three Matalan sweatshirts on rotation since March last year), I recently took Bang2Write‘s…
Like a lot of people I’m a fair-weather Doctor Who viewer, dipping in and out and mainly paying attention to the bigger stories. I have…
I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen Legally Blonde. Staggeringly, it’s 20 years old this year (about time for its first spa visit).…
I recently read John R Gordon’s new novel Hark set in a racially divided Southern US town – a world I’ve never experienced. But something…
Sent something out and not received a response? You’re not alone, my friend. Welcome to (IMO) the worst form of writing rejection – ghosting. Without…
I don’t scare easily. I can watch most horror films without turning a hair – apart from the completely mad To The Devil a Daughter…
The thriller I’ve been working on is the first London-set script I’ve written in a long time. I wanted to write something as pared-down, tight…
I’ve been working on a thriller recently, and the need for pace, suspense, surprise and, well, thrills made me consider the use of transitions in…
I can’t bear widows. They are the bane of my life. Not the black-clad in-mourning type, but the single-word-on-a-line type. They have the power to…