Novel Part 200,998

Friday, May 28, 2010

Working on the novel again thanks to a new part-time job writing for a website. I know work from home full-time so much writing will be done during the day, evenings and when normal people should be in bed.

Oh what fun I am going to have :-)

The Merry-Go-Round

Monday, May 17, 2010

How patient does a writer have to be?

"We like your work, please submit some episode ideas."

I do. Then nothing.

"We're still working on things, we'll get them sorted soon."

I wait. They don't

Five months down the line and despite several emails, firm promises, and an invitation to meet, still nothing has happened. Now I know I can be impatient sometimes, but really, they approached me. But I shouldn't be rude and that is what being impatient is. Good things come to those that wait after all, and sometimes these things can take time to sort out.

I will wait and be there when they're finally ready.

South West Voices Part 2

Thursday, April 29, 2010

I told you all to make the most of it.

Good news is, I've been lucky enough to be invited to BBC Bristol for the first workshop. I'm very excited that my career is taking some positive steps forward this year. But I can't be complacent, I need to keep the momentum going.

South West Voices

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Calling all writers in the South West, follow the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/south_west_voices.shtml Make the most of it.

Scriptfrenzy

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Scriptfrenzy is going well despite being ill. Head full of snot and sticky gunk, which is making me giddy, and means I can't look at the screen for too long. Damn the space virus.

Competition

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

I've entered my second competition of the year, the Page Awards, the first being Academy Pictures. I decided to enter Second Skin, my TV comedy drama pilot. This is the first time I've entered anything other than a short or feature film, so it's a new experience. Will it bring me any success? Only time will tell, but I do have high hopes for this script. In the mean time there are plenty more competitions out there waiting for me to enter.

Second Skin Pilot

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The second draft of my supernatural comedy drama Second Skin is now complete, and I've sent the finished script off to the BBC Writersroom. Too soon perhaps? Only time will tell.

On the feedback for the script the main problem highlighted was the main character's job. He didn't have one in the first draft, as I portrayed him as a waster. An amateur mistake as someone pointed out to me. If he doesn't have anything then he doesn't have anything to lose and bang goes your drama. So I gave him a job and a business, which once failed, and which he has now built back up from scratch. He's lost the business once so he knows what that's like and because of circumstance he'll be at risk of losing it again. The drama is back.

The other concern was the general plot for the opening episode. One person thought it should be substituted for a bigger challenge. I thought about it, even wrote an outline for it, but eventually decided to stick with my original idea. After all this was only one person's opinion and I was under no obligation to follow it.

I let you know how I get on with the BBC Writersroom.