Screenplay Consultancy - A Big Mistake?

Published in August 28th, 2007

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A lot of people have written to me over the last month asking whether I would look over their script for a fee.
To be asked like that is enormously complimentary, and for those that did I thank you sincerely [...]

Changing Look For The Blog

Published in August 24th, 2007

Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting

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I know I keep changing the look for the blog, but I do quite like this one so I think I’ll keep it for now. Feels fresh, and spacious.
Do you agree?
Let me know if you hate it and you’d rather have the old one back…

Why Harry Potter Just Doesn’t Work And Lord Of The Rings Does

Published in August 24th, 2007

Posted by Phil Gladwin in Reviews, Screenwriting

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I saw the Harry Potter movie last night, and, as usual with a Harry Potter movie, I came away puzzled. It looked great, it was intriguingly dark in places, it made all the right moves, yet, once again by half way through I was looking at my watch and wondering why the cinema seats were [...]

How Do I Stop Them Stealing My Ideas?

Published in August 12th, 2007

Posted by Phil Gladwin in Selling Yourself

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I have had quite a few people ask how they can stop their scripts, or part of their scripts, being stolen.
There’s quite a few sides to this issue - not all of them are obvious.
A. Until you get an agent I don’t think you can practically do much more to protect yourself than by [...]

Freedom

Published in August 8th, 2007

Posted by Phil Gladwin in Screenwriting

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Some of you may remember my blog a month or so back about visiting a Young Offenders Detention centre. It was a research trip for a new project, and I had a certain amount of concern about the morality of our visit, in that the producer and I just dipped in and sucked up as [...]