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Put a Bomb Under It

The exercise is designed as a way to try and free you from the chains you’ve written for yourself. You don’t…

Joseph Wilde
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Always Write in Pencil

If you feel like the words you are writing now are the ones that everyone will read in the final draft,…

Joseph Wilde
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On Not-writing  

When I want to write but I’m stuck for inspiration, I often turn to other art forms. I try not to…

Emily Berry
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Form as the Foundation for a Piece of Theatre

“Am I choosing this form because it is the most appropriate for the theme, and my objectives, and is an…

Luke Barnes
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Using Form as a Foundation for a Piece of Theatre 

To start building a project, you have to first understand why you are exploring a theme.  
Start by: 

Articulating…

Luke Barnes
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Change a Word to Change a Story 

This exercise will show you the value of making precise word choices, and suggest how these choices can lead your work…

Charlie Hill
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Blurring the Distinction Between Sound and Meaning 

When you’re revising your work, one of the things you’ll notice are sentences and paragraphs that move the story along effectively…

Charlie Hill
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Make Everyone a Superhero! 

Superheroes are popular and enduring characters because they take a central conflict and take it to a fantastical extreme. Superman, for…

Joseph Wilde
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Two-Dimensional Characters are Actually Good 

Calling a character two-dimensional is always used as a criticism but, in my experience, if a character doesn’t work effectively in…

Joseph Wilde
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Writing Stand-Out Characters  

Constructing complex, interesting characters is the bread and butter of screenwriting. You need characters – and I’m not only talking about…

Neil Biswas
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The Broadcaster Pitch  

Hey, a broadcaster is interested in your pitch/script/series! You’ve worked months to get here. Maybe you’ve written several drafts of your…

Neil Biswas
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Should This Piece of Writing Exist? 

If you have come to wonder whether your project should be written, if you are telling yourself that it’s a bad…

Luke Barnes
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Convincing Yourself It’s a Good Idea 

There comes a point in every project where I doubt it and if I don’t truly believe that I should be…

Luke Barnes
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Show and Tell

In even the most densely immersive of works – those depicting consciousness, for example – it is important to be able…

Charlie Hill
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When to Spell it Out

The most common advice for writers of fiction is ‘show don’t tell.’ That is, show the reader what is happening through…

Charlie Hill
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Protecting Loved Ones   

Technique and skill are good defenders when we are tackling the sticky problem of writing about loved ones. Writing memoir doesn’t…

Lily Dunn