September 17, 2020
Hi all, A few more books you might consider reading. Now, at the risk of doing down ‘The Seven Basic Plots’ let me say its a well-written book which is more suitable to a university course than a handy guide …
June 10, 2020
Hi all, A good number of years ago I heard a joke that went something like this: ‘Informed that the streets of London were paved with gold, a young man travelled there. Stepping off the bus at Victoria, he saw …
September 25, 2019
Hi all, A few weeks ago, I decided to catch up on all my unread emails – a huge task as there were 300+ Obviously, a lot of the circulars were easy to delete without reading, others not so…but then …
July 9, 2019
Hi all, Last week we considered the importance of structure in providing the framework on which each of our scenes hang. Something that is true for writing in any format as it is for writing animation. That said, my experience …
June 4, 2019
Hi all, Today we consider dialogue versus action. One mistake many writers make is to overwrite spoken exchanges. A few years ago I heard a story about how Clint Eastwood – when making the film Gran Torino – was …
May 21, 2019
Hello, Today, we begin a 3 part series on writing animation which will be delivered as a drip feed over the next two months as my own project develops (see below). The attached notes on ‘Writing for Animation’ were taken during …
May 14, 2019
Hi all, A few years ago at the London Screenwriter Festival, Jeff Norton did a session on how he pitched his TV Series idea and episodes using powerpoint. In this, concept, characters, plot, theme and story were all portrayed visually …
September 25, 2018
Hi all, Today’s offering is a follow up on last week’s post about how every script should have two stories within it: – one charting what physically happens in the story (plotline). – the other charting the protagonist’s emotional journey …
September 11, 2018
Today’s offering is a follow-up on last week’s post as having caught up with screenwriting guru David Baboulene at the London Screenwriter Festival, he said it’s fine to post all of my notes from his Aristotelian session. Find the full set …