What was it that you said to me? Oh yes “Leave my life and never call me again” I remember that day; it was a cold harsh autumn evening. As I opened the window, the glare of the morning sun pierced through my eyes. Not sure what hurt the most that day, the thumping pain(…)
For me, one of the slowest and most difficult parts of writing a screenplay is what software to use. Not many writers sit behind a typewriter these days! Over the past year I have been experimenting with three different programmes. Celtx – A free media-writing programme for (Windows and Mac) Scrivener – An affordable programme(…)
“The sound of my own breath echoed in a room where time stood still. This realm of self-imposed darkness that I had chosen to be my home. My sanctum. My domain. When one cannot withstand the harshness of life and the bitter lessons it teaches us then exile was my only available option. A place(…)
You know writing my latest screenplay has not been that difficult. In fact, for a change, it’s been something of a pleasure. Yet there is one area which has been hard to complete. An opening quote trying to capture the mood of the play in a few sentences. Now the quote is usually something well(…)
Well there it is I am finally at the end of one and a half years research on the eighties for my forthcoming book. Whilst I have been working on the plot for the past two years it has been a decade that I had to research with as much depth and knowledge as I(…)
When writing anything no matter if it’s a film script or a story one of the hardest things to do is use quotes from a historical speech or context. It’s not really a problem about finding one but, for me, more a question of “Can I use my own?” Adding a historical or famous extract(…)
Being a writer I can usually see when there is a fellow writer at work. As I boarded the Eurostar this morning I got out my Ipad, opened up the plethora of apps that I use in order to update my screenplays and began tapping away. About half way through the journey I noticed that(…)
I think that I currently have the worst case of writer’s block that I have ever had. There have been times when it has been longer but I currently cannot get past a single line without deleting it. The possibilities of why I cannot write a poem have been baffling me since June. Each time(…)