Work The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward I did an interview this week with The Verge, about our Charles Dexter Ward podcast. You can read the piece here: https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18106662/best-podcasts-2018-npr-slate-serial and, if you haven’t had a chance to catch the series yet, here’s the iTunes link (though you’
Writing Highland 2 This piece was written in May 2018 and since then I have had a few significant technical problems with Highland 2. I still think it's good but it hasn't reached it's potential yet and tech support is not as attentive as it could be.
Writing Featured A Working Guide To Screenwriting Software This post was written in March 2018 and some of the software, and some of my opinions, have changed. I'm intending to update this soon. This is a piece I’m writing because I want to to read it, which is a bummer because the version I really
Creativity Five ways to instantly improve blah blah your productivity blah Productivity. I don't even like the word, if I'm honest. And yet I find myself helplessly clicking on pretty much any link that promises to list five new ways to improve it. And the more of these articles I read, the more miserable I become because
Writing Breaking The Screenplay Imagine you’re a development person. You have a pile of scripts on your desk and you have to wade through them...
Writing Talking To Myself I’ve been making some notes on a new draft of the BBC thing I’m writing and I took some time out to set out/remind myself of some basic rules that we all should be observing as screenwriters but which it’s only too easy to forget about
Writing Beginnings... A good opening scene is absolutely crucial. The first time someone reads your script, you need to have them hooked by the end of the first scene.
Writing This Writer's Toolkit (2015 version) I don’t pretend to have any special insights into this stuff. I just know I love reading how other writers work and what tools they use.
Journal Featured Rolling Up Characters - Let the random in... I’ve lately been toying with a new way of generating minor characters, a way that allows them to be born outside of the story and thereby forces the story to morph itself to accommodate them.
Writing The Art Of The Script Meeting How not to let your ego get in the way of a good idea For the last few days, I’ve been reading Creativity, Inc. The book is about how Pixar works, how they maintain a culture of creativity whilst still fulfilling all their corporate ambitions, and it’s written
