…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…
Screen/Play Writing
The bubble…
by admin •
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 in a quote: showing Chekov’s moon…
by David Sartof •
“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…