About B2W and Lucy V Hay

Table of Contents

About Bang2Write
Courses and Talks
Who is Lucy V Hay?
Feature Films
Shorts
Follow Me on Social Media

About Bang2write

Run by Lucy V Hay, Bang2write is a writing and networking tips blog for screenwriters, novelists and freelance writers.

Bang2write focuses on genre, submissions, characterisations, social media and the general mistakes writers make. We aim to ensure writers have the tools to make informed decisions about their work and how they present it and themselves to the industry. Renowned for its sweary ‘smack talk’, Bang2write was picked as one of the best genre/niche writing websites in 2021 by Writer’s Digest, plus as 1 of the top 100 websites for writers by The Write Life for five years in a row. B2W has also been a finalist in the UK Blog Awards. B2W is also in Feedspot’s top 10 screenwriting blogs, number 1 in the UK!

Bang2write also exists on most social media platforms beyond the main site. Join us!

Courses and Talks

In addition to blogging, script editing, script reading and writing books, Lucy has hit the road doing talks and courses at festivals, schools, libraries, universities and more!

You can find an up-to-date list of Lucy’s courses (both online and IRL) if you CLICK HERE.

Want to work with Lucy yourself, or hire her for your event or organisation?

No problem – drop her an email!

Who is Lucy V Hay?

Lucy V. Hay is a novelist, script editor and blogger who helps writers via her Bang2write consultancy, as well as her writing workshops and courses.

Bang2write has read 20K+ spec screenplays, unpublished novels and pitch material over the last 17 years as a script reader and script editor.

Based on this exprience, the B2W books include Writing & Selling Thriller Screenplays for “Creative Essentials”, as well as its follow ups, Writing & Selling Drama Screenplays and Writing Diverse Characters For Fiction, TV & Film.

Publishing as LV Hay, Do No Harm, was nominated in 2 categories for The Dead Good Book Readers Awards, 2019. Her latest is Never Have I Ever for Hodder Books. Her debut, The Other Twin, has been featured in The Sun and Sunday Express Newspapers, plus Heatworld and Closer Magazine. Lucy is currently adapting it Emmy-nominated producers Free@Last TV, too.

Films

Below is a selection of produced projects I’ve been involved in and/or read for various schemes, companies, organisations and/or individual producers, writers & directors.

Join us - we're all in this together!

Follow Bang2Write

Follow Lucy V Hay

19 thoughts on “About B2W and Lucy V Hay”

Dustin September 25, 2012 at 11:36 am
Hey there…new member to your blog. Love the honesty that you bring. Will keep reading. Thanks,
Dustin
Reply
anne-marie caluwaert January 2, 2013 at 11:22 pm
ANd she worked for me and she is truly GREaT – I’m good in spelling mistakes — bad English still she didn’t give up on me — so I can only say if you need real help – this is the place to turn too —
Reply
Rich Vedder February 13, 2013 at 2:43 pm
Lucy,
I’m not a Facebook or Twitter customer, and at this time don’t plan to become one. Is there a way to ask questions about your service through simple email service?
Thanks!
Rich
richvedder@gmail.com
Reply
1. Lucy V Hay February 15, 2013 at 2:29 pm
  Hi there Rich, by all means contact me via email whenever you want on Bang2write@aol.com and I’ll answer your message as soon as I can. The links above re: my rate card is a PDF and hosted by Dropbox, which anyone can download from (you don’t need to have it yourself). Hope that helps, LV
  Reply
DD May 1, 2013 at 9:00 am
Hi love, great blog. I will definitely use your infinite wisdom on my first 20 pages:)
Reply
1. Lucy V Hay May 1, 2013 at 9:21 am
  Glad it’s of use! Thanks for letting me know 😀
  Reply
Pingback: 6 Reasons NOT To Have A Prologue In Your Novel | Bang2Write
Pingback: Manuscript critiques | Robin Mizell: Treated & Released
Pingback: The Tuesday Five: Writing Process (June 18) | The Daily Word
Sandy Corkins-Schmidt February 17, 2014 at 2:03 am
Cool site, and neat advice. Just signed up for your monthly roundup. Thanks for offering :>) Is great to see a young female voice speaking her truth!
Reply
1. Lucy V Hay February 17, 2014 at 10:48 am
  Welcome, Sandy! The newsletter went out yesterday, you can find it here: http://mad.ly/cbe184?o=tm 😀
  Reply
karen October 5, 2014 at 11:13 pm
Thanks for this Lucy, it’s exactly what I need. I’ve written two comedy pilots and three screenplays and I need to know how to get them out there. Thanks to you I know what next steps to take without making obvious mistakes. Thanks again.
Reply
1. Lucy V Hay October 6, 2014 at 9:36 am
  You’re welcome Karen, best of luck with your projects! 🙂
  Reply
Erick C. Allen March 16, 2018 at 8:36 pm
Great Blog, great insight! Wanted to know do you offer any “mentor” services for up and coming writers? If not can you possibly point a new writer in the right direction?
Reply
1. Lucy V Hay March 16, 2018 at 8:58 pm
  Hi Erick, I certainly do, though I am booking quite far ahead atm. Just email me and we can chat.
  Reply
Cary Richards April 15, 2018 at 2:41 am
Hi, Love your website. Very informative and detailed. Just signed up for the newsletter
Keep up the great work.
Reply
noel wyatt December 8, 2019 at 6:40 pm
As a new /old writer (64) this is a great resource for me.I have one of my scripts in BlueCat at the moment and am writing a horror from my home town of Bristol which has an all female cast. quite challenging for a bloke but based on a true story that involved my mum so easier to relate to. so difficult to find good information for older writers like me and am very grateful for this site.
Reply
gerald boltz January 21, 2021 at 8:53 pm
Lucy
Would love to know more about you and what you do. I’m a indie author of three books (mystery/thrillers) looking for an agent or movie producer. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
Reply
1. Lucy V Hay January 22, 2021 at 9:42 am
  Hi Gerald, this site has help on all of this. Check out the FAQs page here which has a full rundown of everything you need, from craft to adaptation to legal >> http://bang2write.com/b2w-faqs-your-questions-answered. You can also find free stuff to download like reference guides, cheat sheets, ebooks and even a free online course on The B2W Resources Page. Good luck!
  Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Bang2write

2 hours ago

🌵 #B2Wreviews pt 2 - this time GOLD, a man vs nature thriller 🌵From the ridiculous to the sublime ... TOP GUN MAVERICK is explosive and cheesy, but GOLD is minimalist, quietly menacing and at times, excruciatingly visceral. Here's the story info: "In the not too distant future, two drifters (Zac Efron, Anthony Hayes) travelling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found, and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty with one man leaving to secure the necessary tools. The other man remains and must endure harsh desert elements, ravenous wild dogs, and mysterious intruders, while battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his own fate." Efron is a great actor who is frequently underrated by virtue of how good-looking he is. Here he somehow looks like absolute shit whilst also being absolutely beautiful 😆😆😆Seriously ... Alone for approximately 60-70% of the movie Efron does a GREAT job here. His performance is committed and time never dragged for me. There's some good Mad Max (first movie) vibes here too. It's clear the world has broken down somehow but writer-director Hayes (who also acts in the film) doesn't go overboard which makes it more intriguing. Plot-wise not enough happens but thematically it's really strong with high stakes. I wish Efron had more to do but his performance is so compelling I found I could forgive the lack of heart-stopping events since the threat of the desert is put across so well. I saw some reviews saying the ending is shit. I could not understand why because I LOVED the ending (even of it was hella dark) BUT THEN they *do* ruin it with one element that leads to *the very last image* with a twist on a twist. These rarely work imho cuz they can feel inorganic. Ignoring that tho I loved the conclusion for Efron's character. If you love survival thrillers with just one person in most of it, you will definitely enjoy this. In the UK it's available on Amazon Prime. Enjoy 👍 ... See MoreSee Less

Video

View on Facebook

Bang2write

4 hours ago

✈️ Time for a new #B2Wreviews: TOP GUN MAVERICK ✈️I'd write 'no spoilers' but that would be pointless. You've seen this movie already ... literally. It's the same jingoistic story, with the same soundtrack, the same arcs, hell even many of the story beats are IDENTICAL! There's even some homoerotic undertones like the first. In real terms, it's **exactly the same movie** except it's swapped-out the idea Maverick is an upstart challenging his superiors to young people thinking he's too over-the-hill to be relevant (but of course he's still got a few tricks 😆). The dialogue has all the subtlety of a hammer to the face just like the original, but it lacks the iconic soundbites like 'I feel the need ... the need for speed!' and 'Your ego is writing cheques your body can't cash!' 😪There's some nice age commentary here tho, even if it is on the nose. I liked the rescue mission in the ancient plane. Iceman's addition is a nice touch too. Theres a female pilot this time around. She doesn't have a lot to do but then none of the pilots apart from Maverick and Rooster do. Jennifer Connolly's character is a nice addition: she is a single mom with her own life, work and issues. She doesn't wait on the sidelines or get hysterical. She even takes her kid out on a boat rather than wait for news on whether Maverick has managed to get himself killed or not. All in all it's a by-the-numbers movie that is overshadowed by constant fan service. That said, the aerial photography is AMAZING in the cinema. If you enjoyed Top Gun as a kid, you will enjoy this. ... See MoreSee Less

Video

View on Facebook

Bang2write

1 day ago

Holy crap it's true 😆😆😆Don't forget your free stuff 👇www.bang2write.com/resources ❤️ ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook

Bang2write

2 days ago

NEWSFLASH: the industry can be harsh AF!!Part of writing life that is NOT talked about enough: when your champion leaves the company, it can be all over. New Execs usually clear the decks of old screenwriting projects. They have their own ideas, passions, writers they want to work with, etc. This can happen in publishing too BUT there can be more protection - authors may have two book deals which have to be honoured. That said, the new exec may bury that book so it doesn't get the attention it deserves. I don't know which is worse: having to let go of the screenplay and walk away, or do the book when nobody cares anymore?? (I suppose with the latter you still get paid). For more FREE writing help 👇www.bang2write.com/resources ❤️Shannon & Swift: We write the script. Do notes. More notes. More notes. Everyone loves it. Then something happened that had never happened to us before but has happened many times since, and it's always absolute death: Our Exec left. The person who bought it, was now GONE. ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook

Bang2write

3 days ago

You are not 'just' a writer. Too many of us minimise our dreams or even the fact we earn money writing! Laypeople often underestimate the amount of hard work that goes into this job. They think we are just mucking about for the fun of it. That's okay - they don't know any better. Laypeople don't know how hard it is to withstand the constant disappointments and get things written, redrafted and submitted for very little or even NO ££$$. But as writers we know how hard it is. We shouldn't be complicit in minimising our achievements. ✅️ Getting something on the page is a BIG DEAL. ✅️ Getting it redrafted is a BIG DEAL. ✅️ Getting meetings & pitches is a BIG DEAL. ✅️ Getting options and contracts is a BIG DEAL. ✅️ Going the DIY route self-publishing and filmmaking is a BIG DEAL. You've grabbed your dreams and are working your ass off to make them a reality. Never, ever forget that. ✅️ YOU are a big deal ❤️❤️❤️Join me & #LondonSWF365 next month for BREAKING INTO SCRIPT READING, a course not just for wannabe script readers but also writers who want to see how their screenplays are judged 'behind the scenes' 👇👇👇🔗 www.scriptreading.co.uk 🔗 ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook