The January London Writers’ Meetup was as lively as usual, with around 20 writers all discussing their latest projects, their hopes fears and plans for…
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to go to the launch of I am not Raymond Wallace, a fantastic, moving new historical novel…
It turns out it’s hard to write comedy when your dad’s just died. My lovely dad was taken into hospital suddenly at the end of…
For a long time I was completely allergic to road-testing my concepts. Naturally, when you tell people you’re writing something, they want to know what you’re writing.…
So I found myself watching it again. So many years after I begged my mum to let me stay up late so I could watch…
I’ve just finished a script I’ve been working on for ages. I think it’s the best thing I’ve written so far. So why am I…
Like lots of people in lockdown, I spend most of my time apologising to friends and family that I have nothing to say for myself.…
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…