BBC Writersroom

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Sins Of The Father has landed on the doormat of the BBC Writersroom so now it's a four month wait to hear back from them. The other four copies I printed out will be put in the post to other production companies this week, now that I have at last finished Mr. Valentine. I must also point out that the film poster on the left has nothing to do with my script Sins Of the Father. I did a Google search and found this picture. One day my script will have it's own poster.

I have heard on the grapevine that the BBC are looking for investigative dramas so I'm going to send a copy of Where Angels Fear To Tread to them.

I have also started two new treatments for television drama series Wonderland and An English Man's Home. I love starting new projects, all those lovely new, fresh ideas to work on. Fab!

A Buddha Bad News

Friday, October 13, 2006

As most of you will know I was working on a project called Buddha Of Birmingham with Belinda Evangelista. Sadly I have to announce that Belinda and I have dissolved our writing partnership.

What will happen to Buddha Of Birmingham? I don't know to be truthful, as our parting wasn't as smooth as either of us would have liked it to be. Bad words were spoken and professionalism lacked on both sides, something I deeply regret. So all that's left for me to do is contact Belinda and try and work out an amicable solution that will keep the project afloat.

Even with a degree in scriptwriting and five years writing under my belt it came as no surprise that I still don't know it all, even if I sometimes act like I do. I have learnt a valuable lesson: make sure all the details of your partnership are worked out to both parties satisfaction, then get the details down on paper and get it signed by both parties. Make sure this is done before any work on the project begins. This is important no matter how well you know your writing partner.

Hell, no one can accuse this site of not being educational.

A Buddha Bad News

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

After yesterday's post it is with regret that I have to inform you Buddha Of Birmingham will now never see the light of day.

Sometimes projects work out, other times they don't and this is one of those times. But then that is life.

Onwards and upwards.

End Of The Road

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

My first collaboration with another writer has come to an end. My co-writer Belinda Evangelista has decided not to pursue Buddha Of Birmingham, and as per our agreement I now own all the rights concerning the project.

It's a project I think has great potential so I will be continuing with it.

The fourth draft of Mr. Valentine has slowed down a little and will consequently take a little longer than I expected. Therefore I shall not be sending scripts out this week, but I will wait until Mr. Valentine is finished.

Celtic Films have contacted me and requested treatments of my other work which will be emailed to them this week.

Novel Beginnings.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

The Novel has been started and is coming along nicely. I have made the decision to write it in the first person, as I think comedy novels are far better written this way. This is because you get to see the world through the characters' eyes and how they misinterpret events and conversations. It's a good idea, but whether it will sell or not is immaterial at this moment in time, as I consider this a practice run for the children's novel I want to start writing later in the year.

I emailed Micheline Steinberg Associates last Thursday to see if they had read Sins Of The Father, but as of yet I have had no reply. I have also decided to try other agents again, so I'm gathering a small list of ten or so that I will post out copies of From This Day Forth to.

Upgrade

Monday, September 25, 2006

The lovely people at Moov2 have now upgraded my blog pages. Now I can add pictures whenever I want and I also have a spell checker which I'm really excited about. No longer do I have to look up words manually. What a relief.

Bit's And Bobs

Thursday, September 21, 2006

The fourth draft of Mr. Valentine is now well under way. The first act was way to slow in starting and nothing really happened until page forty. I've now corrected that and things now start happening on page fifteen. This change has had a knock on effect on the rest of the script and I'm finding that I'm having to change more than I intended. This is good however, because I feel the script will finally be ready when this draft is complete.

I have started making a comprehensive list of producers, production companies and contacts for when I start sending out my work again next month. The old list just doesn't hack it any more.

I am almost ready to start work on my first novel. It's not a major project for me as I will only be working on it for about half an hour a day. It's more of a hobby at the moment, a distraction form other work, but if it comes together it might lead to other things.