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Your Book Is Movie …

… I heard this advice at a seminar at London Book Fair 2010. It was a real watershed moment for me. It was quite literally the best advice I ever heard, because it finally unlocked the idea in my head that had been percolating for about five years, which enabled me to craft my novel so that it sold. But what does it mean? Seems to me there’s two ways of thinking about “your book is a movie”: Your book will want to “unlock” all possible markets … In other words, if your book can be easily adapted INTO a… Read More »Your Book Is Movie …

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Guest Post: Want To Write Better Screenplays? Read A Picture Book by Ezra Paris

A GREAT guest post from Bang2writer Ezra here, with some fab advice and writing exercises for screenwriters… Let the other Bang2writers know how you go if you give any of them a shot. Thanks Ezra! ————————-Picture books, you say? I am writing a Lynchian take on the Western. I’ve completed character biographies, a beat sheet and a coloured coded layout of my three act structure. Surely there is nothing for me to learn from plucky little steam engines, children who do not wish to sleep and an array of cute baby animals who are unable to locate their mother? Think… Read More »Guest Post: Want To Write Better Screenplays? Read A Picture Book by Ezra Paris

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COMMENT TO WIN: Celtx Open Source Screenwriting Book

Want a FREE PRINT copy of Celtx: Open Source Screenwriting? Then look no further… The guys at Packt Publishing have kindly provided me with one for a lucky winner! If you want to win this book, then comment/leave your name and email address IN THIS POST by 5pm, FRIDAY JUNE 3RD 2011, for a chance to win. I will get one of my spawn to pick one of the names at random after this and arrange for the book to be sent to you. Please pass this opportunity on to all your writery friends!

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Guest Post: An Insight Into The Realities of Self Publishing by Simon Lipson

I know a lot of you Bang2writers out there are very interesting in indie publishing, so many thanks to Simon Lipson, who shares his experiences with us today… Enjoy!—————————————–It all started with Losing It, an 80,000 word novel that took me 5 years to write, not because I sweated over the manuscript day in day out, more because I could never quite muster the enthusiasm to finish it, believing that getting it from my laptop to a prime table in Waterstones was a distant dream. I mean, a stand-up comedian trying to peddle a psychological thriller. Why bother? Then fellow… Read More »Guest Post: An Insight Into The Realities of Self Publishing by Simon Lipson

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The London Book Fair, Monday Apr 19th – Notes

I attended the London Book Fair this Monday just past… Here’s what I learned in three seminars there. Enjoy!——————————Assess Your Manuscript – Rebecca Swift, The Literary Consultancy Several Bang2writers have used this service for their own novels and spoken highly of it, so I was keen to hear what Rebecca had to say. I was a little disappointed to hear what I felt was essentially a extended sales pitch for the full half hour: I’d have liked to hear about Rebecca’s own experiences with the slush pile and HOW she might assess a person’s manuscript (as the title of the… Read More »The London Book Fair, Monday Apr 19th – Notes

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How To Use Plot Devices – Voiceover, Flashback, Montage, Intercut and Dream Sequence

Plot Devices With A Bad Name … There are lots of plot devices in scriptwriting we hear are “frowned on”. We shouldn’t use voiceover or flashback is the usual (or voiceover WITH flashback!). I’ve also heard montage maligned in a similar fashion, as well as intercut and dream sequence. This is a load of rot as far as I’m concerned. You can use what you like. These accusations we see levied like “flashback is a lazy way of telling a story” is just another generalisation. Flashback can be an amazingly dramatic way to tell a story. … For A REASON!!… Read More »How To Use Plot Devices – Voiceover, Flashback, Montage, Intercut and Dream Sequence

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