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