Emilie Robson

Emilie Robson is an award-winning writer for theatre and screen, and a previous alumnus of BBC Writers Drama Room scheme. Emilie sat down with BBC Writers to talk about how she got into writing for TV and delves into the crucial importance of the spec (short for speculative or specimen) script. You can also learn more about spec scripts in our online glossary here.

Question timestamps:

00:05 - How did your writing journey start?

00:49 - What tools have you picked up to help with TV writing?

01:45 - How did you find writing your first TV spec script?

03:17 - How did that spec script help you in your career?

04:13 - How did your writing develop following that first spec script?

05:14 - What words would you use to describe your writing?

05:38 - What is the best writing advice you have been given?

06:29 - What would be your three desert island DVDs?