About B2W and Lucy V Hay

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About Bang2Write
Courses and Talks
Who is Lucy V Hay?
Feature Films
Shorts
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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Bang2write has read 20K+ spec screenplays, unpublished novels and pitch material over the last 17 years as a script reader and script editor.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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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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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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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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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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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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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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6 hours ago

Every writer wants an agent. But how do we get one?

Most writers embark on their submissions journey without truly understanding what agents DO. I know I did. It took me a long time to get my first ever agent because of this.

I am lucky enough to have two now ... 1 for #novels and 1 for #screenwriting. (Some writers prefer to have just the 1 covering all mediums, but I subscribe to the notion '2 heads are better than 1').

20 years ago I felt like I was banging my head against brick wall. I felt locked out. I made submission after submission and racked up 100 rejections VERY quickly cuz I refused to believe this.

As we all hear, 'It's about the story', right??

No, it is not just about the story. It is ALSO about the strength of your submission approach AND your submission strategy!!

NEWSFLASH ...

... Agents are predominantly about SALES. This means #writers need to offer them something they can SELL. Sounds obvious - and it is - but it's something writers consistently underestimate.

So, if you want an agent, you need to have the ability to make them money somehow!!! They are not patrons of the arts, this is show BUSINESS.

Failing that, you need to have serious BUZZ about you so you make them look good (ie. Big film festival wins, critical acclaim, a huge following online, prestigious book prizes etc).

Ideally of course you have BOTH the above.

If you can't do these things, then you won't get an agent! Sad but true. ... See MoreSee Less

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I had such a good idea yesterday ... I wish I could dream the book into being instead 😆 ... See MoreSee Less

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1 day ago

Someone who'd signed up to the B2W newsletter sent me a link to this video, 'How Satan Controls The Movie Industry' ... My response is two-fold:

1. Why are they signed up to my newsletter if they think #screenwriting is evil??
2. I was honestly hoping for more tips from the vid so I can get in contact with Satan 😆😆😆 ... See MoreSee Less

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1 day ago

I spend a lot of time counselling #writers about rejection, so think this is useful from @marcandangel.

I think it is a great explanation for why certain things can affect us so badly when we are young, yet we are much more resilient as we grow older. (Note I am not talking about trauma or abuse here, but rather 'rites of passage' - those inevitable things that happen to us in everday life, ie. romantic break ups cuz the relationship simply didn't work out).

I think it can also apply to #writing too ... especially rejection.

Regardless of how old we are in years, when we are new writers everything seems PERSONAL. Every time we get rejected then, it can feel absolutely devastating and send us spiralling.

However, as we become more experienced ('older') as writers, we are able to cope with rejection much better. What do you think?

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Less life experiences. More life experiences.

Red dots = same exact negative event.

Look at the circles. The black circles represent our relative life experiences. Mine is larger because I am older than you and have experienced more in my lifetime. The smaller red circles represent a negative event that has taken place in our lives.

Assume we both experienced the same exact event, whatever the nature. Notice that the negative event circles are the same size for each of us; but also notice what percentage of the area they occupy in each of the black circles.

Your negative event seems much larger to you because it is a greater percentage of your total life experiences.

I am not diminishing the importance of this event; I simply have a different perspective on it.

What you need to understand is that an overwhelmingly painful and frustrating event in your life right now will one day be part of your much larger past (and pool of experience) and not nearly as significant as it seems in this moment. ... See MoreSee Less

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