Blog posts by year and monthFebruary 2009
Posts (9)
New Scripts
Just got a couple of new scripts on the website. In comedy, we have Convenient Puppy, the first episode of series three of Grownups, written by the series creator Susan Nickson. You can also watch the episode on iPlayer for the next 12 days. In drama, we have the script for the first episo...
2 days to go to ABBA deadline!
With only 2 days left to the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award deadline, I thought I'd share some closing thoughts on writing for radio drama as you pen your final words. Formatting - we are not completely rigorous when it comes to formatting. You won't be penalised for the wrongly placed word, or th...
Toby Whithouse Q&A
Toby Whithouse created and wrote Being Human. Among other things, he has also written for Attachments, Hotel Babylon, Doctor Who, Torchwood, and No Angels, which he also created. I'm pleased to be able to announce that Toby has agreed to do a Q&A session with us at the Soho Theatre in Lon...
Writers Academy 7
Giving up the Day Job This week I've asked Rob Williams (Writers Academy Graduate 2008) to write the blog for me. He finished the course just before Christmas and is in the throes of his first Holby City script... "When people ask me what I did before the Writers Academy, I used to reply ...
New Open Door Comedy Sketch Show
Hm. Still not quite sure about that title. Does it entice? Does it scream "Click upon me, for I have information about how to get your sketches read at the ±«Óãtv," or does it merely look like six words slapped haphazardly together? Aged Fish Rake Brain Pike Whiplash, sort of thing? Well, you...
Writers Academy 6
Dumbing Down Yesterday we had one of our regular get-togethers for the Script Readers, who help me and the team read through the large amount of submissions we get year round. I invited Simon Harper along to speak to them. Simon is the Development Editor on Holby City. His job is to find an...
The Perfect 10: 7. Structure
Slightly later than planned, but here's instalment 7: Structure Whole books have been written about this, so it feels foolhardy to try to tackle it in one blog. But I'm going to keep it focused and simple. In other words: story is structure. They are inextricably linked. A great story cann...
Writers Academy 5
Small Children This week's entry is prompted by one comment that suggested we might be excluding writers (mostly, it was assumed, women) who had to care for young families, because of the full on-nature of the course. Sally Abbott completed the course in December, and she's about to start he...
Being Human
I'm pleased to be able to say that writer Toby Whithouse and Touchpaper Television have very kindly allowed us to put the script for the first episode of Being Human on the website. The pilot aired as part of a series of pilots last year on ±«Óãtv3, and was picked up for a full series. We've got the first episode of the series proper for you. You can also watch the episode on iPlayer for the next six weeks. Unless, of course, you don't live in the UK. In which case you're SOL. Sorry. But, hey, at least you've got the script. :)