As it’s the start of a new year, I thought it would be good to revisit Andrew Price’s excellent seminar. Although it’s 25+ mins long, if you pick up a few tips as to how you may save time editing …
Making the most of resources?
January 9, 2020
January 9, 2020
As it’s the start of a new year, I thought it would be good to revisit Andrew Price’s excellent seminar. Although it’s 25+ mins long, if you pick up a few tips as to how you may save time editing …
December 29, 2019
Hi all, Hope you had a restful Christmas? Also, a chance to reflect on the year that is passing? What you’ve achieved or discovered about yourself that you will take with you into the months ahead? Now, while we each …
November 5, 2019
Hi all, Hot on the heels of the last two posts that considered the benefits of producing your own script with respect to TV, today I’d like to explore how the creative decision to produce can have a positive affect on …
October 29, 2019
Hi all, Firstly, apologies to those who are reading this post and wondering what happened to my promised blog of ‘Why producing yourself will be good for health and wellbeing?’ Rest assured, it’s coming but has been temporarily shelved until …
October 17, 2019
Hi all, Several years ago, I attended a morning seminar at the Soho Theatre in which a senior BBC reader presented the 10 rules of writing a good script – actually, I probably still have the notes for it …
October 1, 2019
Hi all, Yes, it’s a tin can with the wrapper removed…but to Queen lovers everywhere, it serves up the mnemonic of the proverbial ‘can’ that is ‘kicked all over the place.’ Whichever way you see it, if you’re a writer, …
August 27, 2019
Following on from last week’s post in which I enthused about using a camera for inspiration for when the muse departs, I’d like to explore today how the actual history behind a photo may provide as much of an engaging …
August 5, 2019
One of the hardest things with producing anything is doing it for the first time – be that an art collection/installation that will be exhibited, a novel, creating a podcast and distributing it, writing, directing and producing a stage play …
July 29, 2019
Hi all, Hot on the heels of last week’s post on how writing for radio might be an easier option for producing your story idea (that you once imagined as a TV pilot or screenplay), I’d like to talk about …
July 18, 2019
Hi all, Today we begin another mini-series – this time connected with maximising writing and production. Inspired by a phrase that Chris Jones used on a Talent Campus session on ‘Social Media’ where he instructed us that when writing a …