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Posted onDecember 14, 2020February 3, 2021Film and TV

Bend and snap out of it – why I can’t stop watching (and reading) Legally Blonde

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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).…

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Posted onOctober 21, 2020February 14, 2021Books

Hark by John R Gordon – a new twist on folk horror

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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…

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Posted onSeptember 20, 2020February 16, 2021Writing

Been ghosted? Here’s how to deal with it

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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…

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Posted onFebruary 28, 2019January 30, 2021Writing

How I plumbed the depths of my brain for Twisted 50

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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…

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Posted onAugust 11, 2017November 24, 2020Writing

On location: Or how I found myself lurking around London by night

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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…

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Posted onJune 10, 2017February 10, 2021Film and TV

The space between: Transitions in The Silence of The Lambs script

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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…

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Posted onMarch 4, 2017January 31, 2021Writing

The screenplay format – when pointless obsession takes hold

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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…

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Posted onMarch 1, 2017January 30, 2021Writing

The terror of the first 10 pages

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I’ve just started rewriting a thriller – and I’m feeling the pressure of the first 10 pages more than ever. Perhaps it’s because this script…

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Posted onJanuary 31, 2017January 31, 2021Stage

Kill your darlings live – changing dialogue in rehearsal

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Pegasus Opera Company recently staged a part-performance of the opera I wrote – Let The Music In – in Brixton for an invited audience. The…

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Posted onJanuary 23, 2017February 16, 2021Writing

Helen Duncan – the greatest true story never brought to screen?

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How many writers can be working on the same story at the same time? About 7,643 it turns out. Imagine a story that brings together…

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