Interview with Alice Nutter
There's a good interview with Alice Nutter, formerly of Chumbawamba, up at the Channel 4 Talent site.
She got some advice from Jimmy McGovern which bears repeating: If you want to succeed as a writer, just work four times as hard as anyone else.

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I just wanted to let you know about a new free writing group in London specifically for people who are writing for performance.(screenwriting, playwriting, radio drama and poetry) The idea is to have a lively group where work is read out or performed, possibly by guest actors.
The group will meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 6.30pm at Acton Library.