So, I managed to hand in three-quarters of the completed script (my lecturer had asked for the lot but it had been a little too much work). I gave it to him and then spent a nail-biting week waiting for the verdict... I shouldn't have worried. The verdict was - clumsy in some areas but… Continue reading Screenwriting 6
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Guest Writer – Nigel Rodenhurst
On the 27th of March Nigel Rodenhurst came into Trinity Saint David, the Lampeter campus, to talk about his work. When I heard he was talking I thought, "Strange the man running the student support in uni has the same name." But I shrugged and thought nothing of it. Then on the 27th as I sat… Continue reading Guest Writer – Nigel Rodenhurst
Guest writer – Mark Tredinnick
On the 26th of March 2013 Mark Tredinnick travelled from Sydney, Australia to come to the Carmarthen campus of Trinity Saint David. Okay he hadn't travelled just to come to Carmarthen, he was doing a tour of Wales. Mark is a nature writer and has won the Montreal Poetry Prize (2011) and the Cardiff Poetry… Continue reading Guest writer – Mark Tredinnick
Screenwriting 5
Hope you all had a really good Easter. I have been working on the script but it hasn't been easy. It is all a matter of plot and subplot and all the intricacies in-between. My lecturer at the beginning of the module had said, "Work out your plot and then write it." And being just… Continue reading Screenwriting 5
A Guest Writer – Mike Jenkins
This Wednesday the 20th March a guest author came for what I thought would be a reading... Except he ran a workshop. Before I get into that though I need to tell you who Mike Jenkins (www.mikejenkins.net) is. He is a poet and author. He has performed at the Hay Festival and the Aldeburgh Poetry… Continue reading A Guest Writer – Mike Jenkins
A Guest Writer – Rati Saxena
So this Tuesday gone - the 19th March - I wandered up to the Carmarthen campus to listen to Rati Saxena ( http://www.boloji.com/writers/ratisaxena.htm) . I wasn't sure how this would work as she is a Hindi poet. But I also found out that she is also a translator, scholar and runs kritya (www.kritya.in). She has… Continue reading A Guest Writer – Rati Saxena
Screenwriting 4
Well, it turns out that screenwriting is far harder than I would have thought. It's not what you put in but rather what you leave out. I've written a scene where a woman is abused by her husband (nasty I know but he does die in scene four). Anyway, she is being beaten... Do I… Continue reading Screenwriting 4
Sleep deprivation
This is short story that I wrote for the course. Enjoy.... Sleep Deprivation He looked at Sylvia’s face. Her snoring had woken him again. It was arrogant kind of snoring. Her face was soft still, not much lined but it made an appalling noise; the kind of noise which, in the dark of night made… Continue reading Sleep deprivation
I’m Passing!
I'm so relieved! I was starting to worry... But the provisional marks came though today and I am passing my masters. Phew! Big relief... Now I just got to finish!
Screenwriting 3
I've changed my idea, the other one just wasn't working. It was a decent enough story, a child's fantasy, but it just didn't have 'legs'. There was very little way of putting in a subplot and exploring the intricacies of screenwriting. So out went the child's film and in comes the adult drama. I'm actually… Continue reading Screenwriting 3
Kate Murray - Cleaver 