How To Pitch Your Screenplay – The Clever Way

February 24, 2009

Pitching is a comparatively rare opportunity. Here’s how to make the most of it.

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Animal Diaries

February 10, 2009

The world as seen by a dog and a cat.

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Slumdog Millionaire Storms BAFTAs + WGA Success

February 9, 2009

Slumdog Millionaire storms the WGA Awards and the Baftas. Plus all the other results…

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Screenwriting And Self Belief- How To Keep The Faith

January 30, 2009

Screenwriting is a tough, solitary game, and meetings can be very brutal. But there is a rarely stated fact about many development people that may help…

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Interview – Nitty Gritty on How I Actually Write Screenplays

January 24, 2009

Answers to a set of nuts and bolts questions about how I write.

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Story – Why You Need a Happy Ending – Part 2

December 14, 2008

When you write a story, or a screenplay, don’t fall into the trap of thinking that a tragic ending is somehow superior…

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Screenwriting Goldmine New Site – Sneak Preview

October 29, 2008

OK, I can’t resist, I have to post this up here….
Click Here For A Sneak Preview
Oh, go on, you have to admit, it’s not exactly hard to look at, eh?

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Writing The Doctor Who And Sarah Jane Smith Reunion – Six Degrees of Separation #3

October 28, 2008

This is the last of the three free interviews – a real trip into Sci-Fi and fantasy story-telling.
This time it’s a really impressive, totally insider chat with Toby Whithouse, who is a massively experienced TV writer.
Recently he’s worked on Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Hotel Babylon, devised his own show No Angels, and has another [...]

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Deadwood Writer Bryan McDonald – An Open Letter

October 25, 2008

Bryan has been reading the comments to the interview and has taken the time to come up with this wonderful reply. I think he intended it to go among the comments, and it probably started out as an answer to Atomized’s question, but it’s such a great response there’s no way it couldn’t have [...]

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How To Write & Produce Your Own Sit Com – Six Degrees of Separation # 2

October 24, 2008

Silvia Manning is an American actress who decided that she was going to write her own sit com, and that she was going to get it on screen – and that NOTHING was going to stop her!
You might remember Silvia from the Walker Texas Ranger tv show, or you might have caught her in the [...]

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