WHAT I KNOW NOW
scriptdvice2013-09-10T11:23:58+01:00It's a chilly September morning. The heating is on at Script Advice Towers. Another Summer been and gone, for this blogger at least, in a blur of sandwiches, sand in sandals and a bid to [...]
Television Writing; Getting into Shape
scriptdvice2013-08-20T14:35:49+01:00Those lovely folk at Euroscript asked me to blog for them. Here it is. The journey of a television storyline....get your head around this stuff and you will make an excellent television writer....https://euroscript.wordpress.com/
HOW TO MAKE YOUR SCRIPT, SCRIPT EDITOR FRIENDLY
scriptdvice2013-08-20T12:36:22+01:00Charles Harris of @screen_lab.co.uk asked me to guest on his site. Here I dissect the sort of script an editor likes to read https://www.screen-lab.co.uk/
THE THREE C’s: CREATIVE, COLLABORATIVE, COMMISSION
scriptdvice2013-07-04T13:43:34+01:00You probably saw this article in the Guardian a few days ago. A disgruntled, disillusioned writer tells of the torrid time he had with producers at BBC3 Comedy, following the commission of his Sitcom pilot [...]
FIVE BASIC, ESSENTIAL SCRIPT WRITING DO’S AND DON’TS
scriptdvice2011-12-12T15:24:37+00:00Marketting Bods beavering away in the back rooms of Consumer Cathedrals like Waitrose and Sainsburys use the words Basic and Essential to draw the wider slice of the human consumer-pyramid towards products that are vital [...]
script advice newsletter – Spring
scriptdvice2011-04-06T17:13:10+01:00SCRIPT ADVICE – NEWSLETTER 08 · Spring is here! · Story telling for Telly · Short Courses from SCRIPT ADVICE and other interesting stuff WHAT THE SCRIPT FACTORY SAYS ABOUT SCRIPT ADVICE: "We can heartily [...]
SCRIPT ADVICE NEWSLETTER – 7
scriptdvice2011-01-23T16:01:32+00:00SCRIPT ADVICE Newsletter – 7 Contents: Happy New Year! The Ups and Downs of Social Networking A Day In The Life Of George, Jobbing Writer – Me and My Shadow A Bit Of Extra Find [...]
SCRIPT ADVICE NEWSLETTER 4
scriptdvice2010-03-12T19:26:15+00:00My son was born in my 46th year. This, according to the NHS made me as old as the Peat Bog Woman but he turned out healthy and happy in spite of my Neolithic status. So I for one am happy to concede that I can not have it all and am very lucky that I had the career had and still managed to get the opportunity to be a mum before my bits turned back to peat bog.