MY SCRIPT EDITING FOR TELEVISION COURSE JULY 2018
My most recent script editing for television course was finished in the Summer of this year and more planned for next year. Here’s what one of the writers in attendance, [...]
GEORGE THE BLOGGING WRITER – THE BIRTH CANAL
Meet George - she is a very committed but rather hapless character who really really wants to work in telly as a writer. She may or may not get there, [...]
HOW TO SCRIPT EDIT YOUR OWN SCRIPTS
I owe my career to Script Editing. Here at Script Advice I read scripts almost every day - no hardship for me - I love to do this work. I [...]
HOW TO WRITE FOR TELEVISION
I regularly write articles for InkTip Magazine and this is my latest - I break down the creative v the commercial aspects of writing for television and give you a [...]
10 TOP SCRIPT WRITING TIPS
It's always good to have a reference; a listicle of things to remember when you dive in to your writing. Here's my Ten Top Tips on how to write better [...]
3 KEY STEPS TO WRITING STRONG STORIES
The creative process, is, as any writer will tell you, a personal, specific and unique activity. So I am not going to go into a great blurb about how important [...]
FIVE STEPS TO GET YOUR STORY STARTED
Here at SCRIPT ADVICE I have compiled a hit list of the vital things you should be considering as you dive off that metaphorical screenwriting board into the shifting narrative [...]
THREE STEPS TO WINNING SCRIPT WRITING COMPETITIONS
My colleague and friend Phil Gladwin blogs below about the 3 key things a winning script needs. His competition is an excellent way of getting your original creative ideas out [...]
START YOUR STORY ENGINE WORKSHOP – MARK TWO
Yvonne Grace and Phil Gladwin here. We want to talk to you about one of the biggest barriers you face in getting your script optioned. The fact it's probably not [...]
Writing for television -How to write Creatively for a Commercial Market
A lot of my work via my Script Consultancy Script Advice is about helping writers shape their creative ideas for television. It is one thing to have a lot of [...]
HOW TO MAKE THE FIRST TEN PAGES OF YOUR SCRIPT SELL THE OTHER FIFTY
Recently Script Advice teamed up with Screenwritinggoldmine to run this little beauty of a workshop for writers wanting to tackle the first 10 pages of their television pilots. Start Your [...]
TELEVISION WRITING TIPS AND TRICKS
Here is a handy link to my TELEVISION WRITING TIPS AND TRICKS column for Script Magazine; all my articles all in the one place. Book mark this so you can [...]
WRITING SUCCESSFUL STORIES FOR TELEVISION
Here is my latest article for Script Magazine on Writing Successful Stories for Television and the tips and tricks writers need to have in their 'stash of useful stuff' to [...]
WRITERS I THANK YOU
I wrote this blog back in 2013 and came across it again recently. I want to re-post because it's sometimes important to give writers out there their due. Without your [...]
MAKING CONNECTIONS
We all know the old adage ‘no man is an island’ well that goes for women too. The phrase is over used no doubt, but it is especially true when [...]
BREAKING DOWN THE TELEVISION SERIES TREATMENT
Here is my latest column for Script Magazine - where I crack into the Series Tv Treatment and talk about the Creative Process. Link is here....
HOW TO WRITE A REALLY GOOD TELEVISION DRAMA TREATMENT
As many of Script Advice Writer’s Room members on Facebook and followers of my Twitter feed may know, I delivered a session on Treatment Writing for Television at the London [...]
THE DRAMA FACTORY – working on the factory floor of tv drama series
I like factories. In principle; I mean the noisy, smelly, eye-bleedingly boring conveyor belt process of factory manufacture is not what I like, but the organisation, the structure, the fast [...]
SHAPING THE STORY FOR SERIES TELEVISION
I regularly write for INKTIP which is a cracking resource for writers, based across the Pond. Here is my article showing you how to approach the long form narrative and [...]
STORY IMPACT IN SERIES DRAMA
As regular readers of the Script Advice Blog will know, I write my column TV WRITING TIPS AND TRICKS for Script Magazine. Here is my latest; STORY IMPACT in series [...]
ON WRITING
I have always been a writer. Even before I could write; I was a writer. Because before the skill took over and I could finally form the letters necessary to [...]
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN TV DRAMA
I have again blogged for Script here is my latest column: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT is essential not only to force the engagement of your audience, but also to create and sustain [...]
FIVE TRUTHS ABOUT WRITING FOR TELEVISION – WHAT I KNOW NOW….
When I was 25 and starting out doing what I am doing now but not sure how to go about it, I would have really appreciated it if someone had [...]
COMMERICALISM V CREATIVITY IN TV DRAMA SERIES
I am thrilled to have written an article for the excellent script writers' resource InkTip. I am passionate about writer's need to get this balance in television drama right. One [...]
SCRIPT ADVICE – PIT STOP – QUICK SOLUTIONS TO YOUR SCRIPT PROBLEMS.
* Are you stuck on a storyline? * Are you getting bogged down in woolly story lining? * Have you painted yourself in to a story corner and can’t work [...]