SCRIPT READING – what is in my script report and what I look for in a script.
I read television and feature film scripts almost every day. This is because I am in the fortunate position of being able to offer writers (like you, reading this blog) [...]
TELEVISION SERIES – WHAT MAKES A GOOD ONE TICK
I am very pleased to say I am now a member of the Script Magazine community of writers and bloggers and urge you to bookmark this magazine as it is [...]
WRITING YOUR STORY OUT
Writers who have worked with me via my services at Scriptadvice.co.uk know that I consider planning and structuring your stories as important as creating them in the first place. Art [...]
SELLING YOUR TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES – LOGLINES AND BEYOND
There is a fair amount of confusing and conflicting information out there, in Cyberland, about television documents and what it is you, the writer, needs to have ready to show [...]
WHAT SCRIPT ADVICE DID NEXT – HOW TO CREATE GREAT STORY LINES
I have just finished a busy weekend up in the freezing North - the glorious grandeur of Edinburgh to be exact - teaching a talented, creative bunch of would be [...]
SERIES STORY TELLING – IT’S ALL ABOUT THE SUBTEXT
Subtext can be found beneath words, gestures, behaviours, actions, and images..... I like being connected and associated with Series and Soaps; for this is where I earned my stripes as [...]
SERIES STORY TELLING
I’ve been having a very busy period here at Script Advice Towers, so for now, just a few words on shaping your series stories. Increments... As a long form television [...]
HOW TO WRITE A DRAMA SERIES TELEVISION OUTLINE
I am fresh back from an amazing time at The London Screenwriter’s Festival, where I did four things of note: 1/ Run my session ‘Sizzle and Substance’with Bafta winning writer [...]
THE WORK/LIFE BALANCE BLOG
Via my Script Consultancy Business www.scriptadvice.co.uk I work with a lot of writers, mainly via email or Skype, from my desk here at Script Advice Towers aka My House. I [...]
CONVERSATIONS WITH A STORY TELLER
Canadian J Lynn Stapleton is a writer, photographer and Geriatric Care Nurse who follows me on Twitter. She also loves to blog and interview when she can. Here is her [...]
AT THE BBC WRITERS’ FESTIVAL 2014 – A WRITER’S PERSPECTIVE #2
I am pleased to give you another writer - Nicholas Gibb's view, on the recent BBC Writers' Festival. He is also a member of my group on Facebook; The Script [...]
THE BBC WRITERS’ FESTIVAL 2014 – From a Writer’s Perspective
I asked Jayne Lake; writer, twitterer, facebook member of my group Script Advice Writer's Room and all round good egg, to pen me a blog about what she took from [...]
THE AMBER BLOG – How To Break The Rules And Get Away With It
Amber Ending Has Viewers Red With Rage: How Not To Break The Rules! I have Charles Harris, writer-director and director of Euroscript, on my blog today. Charles has made award-winning [...]
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF …… A SCRIPT EDITOR ON EMMERDALE
Regular readers of my blog and readers of my book; Writing For Television Series Serials and Soaps - will know how that I started my long career in television drama production [...]
ONLY CONNECT – MAKING CONTACTS IN THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY
Writing is a solitary exercise. But the business of getting your writing read, talked about and appreciated is just the opposite. You need to be a focussed solitary scriber, and [...]
STORY STRUCTURE – CREATING STORY LEGS – PART TWO
Here I am guest blogging for writer/director Charles Harris. Part 2 of my musings on story structure. The concluding part from guest blogger Yvonne Grace on story structure for TV [...]
STORY STRUCTURE – STORY LEGS – HOW TO CREATE THEM
Here I am: on Charles Harris' blog: Today we have the first of a fascinating two-part post from guest blogger Yvonne Grace on story structure for TV series and serials, [...]
TV STORY STRUCTURE – HOW TO CREATE STORY LEGS….
Here I am guest blogging for writer/director Charles Harris. Part One: I delve into the story structure we use in television and show you how you can create the longer [...]
Script Editing – D. I. Y
Readers of this blog and writers lucky enough to have bagged an early bird discounted copy of my book ‘Writing For Television, Series, Serials, Soaps’ (order here [...]
WRITING TO GET NOTICED: FIVE WAYS A WRITER CAN STAND OUT IN TELEVISION
You have been writing for a while now; honing your craft; you are serious about being a professional writer, one who gets paid for the scripts they produce and [...]
THE CREATION SPARK
My son has Chicken Pox. He is not at school and as I type this, he watches his favourite Lego-themed DVD; 'Clutch Powers'; Malick The Maligned has stolen Clutch's father's Creation [...]
STORY LINE IMPACT
I have started watching ABC's 'Nashville' and am re-awakening my enjoyment of CBS's 'The Good Wife' on More4. The former is a big frothy bath of soap bubble and intrigue, set [...]
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE: TREATMENTS for series and serials.
Over the last few months, via my work with writers at all levels of experience and development and through teaching writers at my workshops, I have found that for a [...]
HOW TO STORY LINE FOR SERIES TELEVISION – workshoptastic!
The London tube strike and the resulting crush and cram across our dear capital, could not diminish my hard-boiled enthusiasm for the day ahead and the workshop I was about [...]
WRITER SELF – ESTEEM
Writers are their own worst enemy. As a Producer, I had no problem believing in my opinions on drama, on television writing, on scripts; why some worked and why some [...]