About B2W and Lucy V Hay

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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 1 of the top 100 websites for writers by The Write Life in 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020. It has also been a finalist in the UK Blog Awards. It is in Feedspot’s top 10 screenwriting blogs, number 1 in the UK!

Bang2write also exists on most 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!

Alternatively, get in touch HERE to hire Lucy for your event or organisation.

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Bang2write has read 20K+ spec screenplays, unpublished novels and pitch material over the last 17 years as a script reader and script editor.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

Shorts

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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
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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 —
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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
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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
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DD May 1, 2013 at 9:00 am
Hi love, great blog. I will definitely use your infinite wisdom on my first 20 pages:)
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1. Lucy V Hay May 1, 2013 at 9:21 am
  Glad it’s of use! Thanks for letting me know 😀
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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!
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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 😀
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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.
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1. Lucy V Hay October 6, 2014 at 9:36 am
  You’re welcome Karen, best of luck with your projects! 🙂
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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