Why write about regency? Well, I came across a programme on the BBC and it was so good on re-creating how things are that I thought I'd share it. Have a look, but it is on BBC iplayer so at some point the link will stop working. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01sf0q6/Pride_and_Prejudice_Having_a_Ball/ Even if you don't want to write about… Continue reading Regency – background
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Inspiration 3
This weeks short story for the course had to be based on a character who was remembering his/her father-in-law who had suffered from Polio. So I thought: Polio - school... When I had been in school we had a teacher who had suffered from polio as a child. She walked with sticks. This led me… Continue reading Inspiration 3
Screenwriting 9
The assignment is almost finished and I was just popping the last few bits together when I realised I had a scene I had cut. So I thought I would pop it on the blog just to show what I've been up to. So this is the point when the antagonist, Philip, finds out that… Continue reading Screenwriting 9
Ghost-writing
One of my favourite movies is Serenity a sci fi western based in the series Firefly. In it there is a line that says: We are but ghosts in this. And this is exactly how I see ghost writing. I was shocked initially that I found work, but once I started I realised that ghost… Continue reading Ghost-writing
Inspiration 2
I was set a sentence that described an old photograph and asked to write a short story with it at the beginning. It was just a description of a tumbled down shack in the middle of nowhere but it got me thinking of this: Which is the dust bowl from the Great Plains that occurred in the 1930s.… Continue reading Inspiration 2
Independent movies and the ABC of Death…
So over the weekend I got to go and see the anthology of short films called The ABC's of Death. It is a collection of shorts charting the alphabet and using 26 different directors. They were given complete control over their word, which they were given free rein to choose. It was surprising as to… Continue reading Independent movies and the ABC of Death…
Screenwriting 8
I was researching for my reflective essay on the screenwriting and I came across a quote that sums up a bad screenplay. I had to share it because it also puts the problems with my dialogue in a nutshell. "Is that your green-eyed blonde younger sister crossing the dual carriageway over there?" From Rib Davies,… Continue reading Screenwriting 8
Open Mic – Chinwag
Well, I did it! I was amazed! I actually got up and told everyone a story. It was a fairly controversial story and at the right moment I got a gasp and then at the end a pause. Only a small pause and then applause. I think I even heard one whoop... At the time… Continue reading Open Mic – Chinwag
Screenwriting 7
Step outlines... This was new to me. I'd never heard of it. So I sat expectantly wondering what I was going to find and really hoping it would only be a list of scenes. And actually it is just a list of scenes... and... a brief description. Had to be really. A list of scenes… Continue reading Screenwriting 7
Guest Writer – Rhian Edwards
Rhian Edwards came and gave a lecture on poetry at Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, last Wednesday. Now I am not one for the poetry but this lecture blew me away. It began fairly normally enough with Rhian running through poetry performance and how to find out where to do it. It was interesting and helpful.… Continue reading Guest Writer – Rhian Edwards
Kate Murray - Cleaver 