Blog posts by year and monthOctober 2008
Posts (7)
Montage
I've been stopping by a few other writerly blogs recently, good to read and I like the notion of a writing 'community' (I'm a fantasist I know), we need to keep in touch, talk to each other. I used to go to my local writers group in East London once a week - we'd listen to each others work, dr...
He says, she says
So here are some thoughts on dialogue, which are more a meditation than a structured article. In essence, the purpose of dramatic dialogue is to advance plot and illuminate character. In a comedy, dialogue should also be funny. Audience sitcom demands that it should be laugh-out-loud funny...
New Script, New Tricks
A new script! Huzzah! New Tricks, a show about three retired cops who reinvestigate unsolved crimes, is one of the UK's best-loved programmes. It's been growing in the ratings series to series, and this year was the most watched show on British TV three times. We've got the script of Mad D...
±«Óãtv Executives, and what they want from writers
While having a hunt through the dustier corners of the site archive, I've found some video interviews we did with various ±«Óãtv Execs. Some of them have moved on since then, but there's still lots of useful information for writers in the interviews, so I've put them up. Jane Tranter - Head o...
From script to screen
It's notable than on websites frequented by aspiring writers, the vast majority of broadcast comedy gets a resounding thumbs down. This is hardly surprising - if people trying to break into a profession felt they couldn't do better, then they would never have a go. But there's a certain meanne...
Opportunity Update
Congratulations to Suzy Clements, who won the Windsor Fringe Marriott Award for New Drama Writing, as chosen by judges Kenneth Branagh and Iqbal Khan. Suzy came to the competition via a listing on the ±«Óãtv writersroom opportunities page - why not see if there's something good there now? And d...
Doctor Who Scripts
Russell T Davies has got a new book out, all about writing Doctor Who, and he's put up his six Doctor Who scripts from the most recent series on the Internet to go along with it. You can download Russell's season four Doctor Who scripts here.