Two out of three… three out of three?

…a reflection on my experience of the London Screenwriters’ Festival Looking back over my postings, I have been remiss. This is my first post in a long while… Shock, horror!  What shall I write about? Well, the lovely Lucy V at Bang2Write and of the London Screenwriters’ Festival e-mailed me and my fellow Lab Rats…

The bubble…

Having started to venture out with the ThirskWriteNow writing group, I responded, last night, to a 500 writing challenge on the subject of Bubbles. What did I know about bubbles. In the end, I thought it might be interesting to see if I could work it into another project of mine. I’ve written a short scene between…

What’s your business story?

Peter Gubar, a Hollywood Producer, has written that “Telling a purposeful story in a business environment where vital information is embedded and grows organically in the narrative is singularly the best way to energise a product or service into a call to action. ” (As reported by Emma Jacobs in the Financial Times on Tuesday 27…

A short review…

This post originally featured as a contribution to TheWickedWriters blogspot  in January 2011 in response to a topic of reviewing Websites… I must have dozed off. All of a sudden, flashings lights appeared before me.A psychedelic whirl of colour challenged my senses, drawing me forward, inexorably. I felt as though a rushing, gushing river was…

What’s in a quote: showing Chekov’s moon…

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” Anton Chekhov In this quote, the Russian writer Anton Chekov (1860–1904) was making clear reference to what has become stock advice for fiction writers on paper, screen and stage. Chekov was not alone. Henry James (1843–1916) is noted as…

Research: A short Postscript!

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ A tricky place… I sat, contemplating. Sat in consideration; sat thinking, mulling and pondering – just why? Just why, you say. Why should I deviate from fictional play to reality? He spoke not a word today. Just a wave to beckon me on, then, carelessly…