Writing a screenplay that will impress readers and have the best chance of making it onscreen isn't just about your story, characters and dialogue – you also need to make it easy and enjoyable to read. In this extract from his book Screenwriting: The Craft and The Career, experienced script-editor, consultant and producer Philip Shelley … Continue reading Writing a Great Screenplay: Formatting and Language Tips to Elevate Your Script
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‘Let’s not forget how far we have come’: Mark Gatiss on remembering gay history in Queers
July 2017 sees the fiftieth anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which partially decriminalised sex between men over twenty-one in the privacy of their own homes in England and Wales. When the BBC approached writer, actor and director Mark Gatiss to curate Queers, a series of monologues to mark the anniversary, he got to work … Continue reading ‘Let’s not forget how far we have come’: Mark Gatiss on remembering gay history in Queers
Michael Palin: Monty Python as it happened
The inspiring Monty Python at Work is Michael Palin's intimate, behind-the-scenes account of the conception and making of the legendary group's shows, films, books and albums, drawn from his published diaries. Here, the author explains what writer-performers can learn from the book - and read further for extracts from the beginning of the Python journey. … Continue reading Michael Palin: Monty Python as it happened
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