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Writing a Doctors script: Do It! Do It! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Claire Bennett
An advisory list of potential delights and horrors when writing DOCTORS scripts. The cast of BBC One drama, Doctors. 100% my opinion - In no particular order... 1. Trust your script editor and use their skill and experience. They can have moments of genius for which you can take most of...
Writers Academy 22
Ceri Meyrick
The First Sift If you haven't received an email today telling you you're no longer in the running, you will have progressed through to the second round of our selection process. We have "long-listed" down from 510 to 177 scripts. For me (and for some of you) this is the most brutal and nerv...
Climbing To Making It Nirvana While Freebasing IMDB
Dominic Mitchell
Writer
I always find the suicide of a successful artist shocking. Such as Alexander McQueen this past month. Take a profile shot of his life and all seems gleaming: World renowned in his chosen field, rich behold comprehension, famous friends and famous admirers. He achieved everything this society say...
An Hour a Day Keeps the Existential Angst Away
Dominic Mitchell
Writer
In the book The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters there is a section on the hours these highly successful scribblers devote to their craft. Each and every one of them tells the editor of their gruelling work schedule. Getting up before dawn and pounding on the laptop, at furious pace...
Newsjack: Comedy Jazz
Dan Tetsell
Ok, in memory of Johnny Dankworth, here's how a sketch is like a jazz tune. Say you're listening to Coltrane play 'My Favourite Things'. He'll start out with the basic tune, and then he'll take it and muck about. He'll take that tune all over the shop, he'll noodle, he'll swoop, he'll throw i...
Contains strong language - from the start.
Piers Beckley
Screenwriter Josh Olson wrote a piece for the Village Voice about why he no longer reads manuscripts from new writers who he doesn't know. (Warning: contains strong language.) We, on the other hand, will. About one in twenty of the scripts we receive will get taken away for a full read, an...
CBBC Masterclass Report
Piers Beckley
Kulvinder Gill, one of the shortlisted writers in our recent CBBC Competition has helpfully written up his notes from the CBBC masterclass and posted them on the web. You can read his account of the day on Michelle Lipton's blog.
Writers Academy 14
Ceri Meyrick
Shortlist It's been a month since I last blogged, and we've now shortlisted down to thirty writers. This means that everyone who entered should have received a "yes" or a "no". If you haven't - something's gone wrong - so you need to get in touch with us directly. This is the longest sta...
Excellent advice from Merlin Mann (via John August)
Piers Beckley
Was just checking out John August's blog, and he's got a post featuring a podcast by Merlin Mann (of 43 Folders) talking about creativity and writing, and whether or not your work's good enough. Well worth a listen - the good stuff starts at about twelve minutes in - but if you can't be bothe...
More Newsjackery
Piers Beckley
Newsjack is now open for business, accepting comedy sketches and jokes for your aural entertainment. To get you in the mood for funny, we've got a new interview with Jocelyn Jee Esien and Gareth Edwards talking specifically about writing sketch comedy, and writing for Newsjack. Though it was ...
