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Ch-Ch-Changes

Writers are a funny bunch. We get so attached to various *bits* of our screenplays, we often can’t see the woods for the trees: what’s more, this happens to any writer, new or experienced. So one question I often ask Bang2writers is this: What you lose/gain [if you changed/cut/moved etc this part of your script]? In terms of losses when someone redrafts/rewrites (even just small elements of their screenplay), I’m always struck by how insignificant those losses actually are – ie. the writer might miss it, but readers (and thus the audience) rarely notice its passing, whether it’s half a… Read More »Ch-Ch-Changes

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Sarah Golding: Working With Script Editors, Initialize Films’ Insider’s Guide

I went to Initialize Films last night with my mate Jared (yes, the one who can’t find his way to the RIGHT pub) to meet Sarah Golding and hear about her work as a script editor. Sarah’s probably best known for being the script editor on The Constant Gardener, but has also worked as a script consultant, script editor or script executive on Patagonia (2009), Hotel (2009) , Mad, Sad & Bad (2009), The Edge of Love (2008) and in TV for Zenith Entertainment. Here are my notes – enjoy!——————————————–SARAH GOLDING ON IMDB THE REALITIES OF SCRIPT EDITING Script editing… Read More »Sarah Golding: Working With Script Editors, Initialize Films’ Insider’s Guide

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Adrian Mead, "The Screenwriter’s Career Guide", July 04 09

So I went to Adrian Mead’s class yesterday – as usual it was a pleasure to see Adrian, who was on great form despite the fact the venue hadn’t delivered so much as a flip chart for him; plus the likes of the marvellous David Bishop, Michelle Goode, Laurence Timms and all the fabulous Athena Laydeez were there too – hi girls! For those of you who don’t know, Athena is a mentoring scheme run by Initialize Films specifically for women screenwriters. Funded by Skillset, the aim is to get women on the feature “ladder” so to speak and secure… Read More »Adrian Mead, "The Screenwriter’s Career Guide", July 04 09

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Announcement

As of this very moment: Bang2write is on holiday. This blog is on holiday. Lucy is on holiday. Aaaaah. One week off with the children – it’s half term. Gonna catch up on my trampolining, baking of lumpy cookies with squashed flies* in and seeing of various grandparents. In the midst of this I will be caring for two Giant African Land Snails which have come home from school with The Hub. I will also be doing various bits of DIY and threatening Hub ’til he does some too. Bliss. If, however you want some scripts read when I get… Read More »Announcement

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In It For The Money?

You’ve probably seen Piers’ post about using paid-for readers. If you haven’t read it, here’s a quick precis of it – don’t use them. Why? Well, you can you get feedback for free with the likes of Po3, peer review, BBC Writersroom, Triggerstreet, joining or forming writers’ groups. Also, at the heart of the matter for Piers, because paid-for readers want your custom back, is the thought you’re never going to be told you’re that bad, but you’re never going to be told you’re that good, either. In the interest of balance, I thought I’d offer a few counter points… Read More »In It For The Money?

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The Year In Review

An interesting year for me, 08. I started with high hopes: I did a trial for a well-known TV show last November and was told in January I was successful. This is it! I thought – Now the commissions will roll in. Then… Nothing happened. Still, nothing has happened. But apparently something *will* happen eventually, so watch this space. Talking to one chap who’s done much of the TV circuit “off-Beeb” as he calls it (ie. any channel except Aunty), he’s had to wait two years or more before now. Two years! Yikes. Still, done one I guess. What’s a… Read More »The Year In Review

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Welcome To Rom Com Hell: 8 Awful Ways To Write Romantic Comedy

Rom Com / Real Life Hell Rom Com was always one of those genres I avoided through my teens and early twenties. Being a Goth, I was way too cool for boy-meets-girl, obviously. Besides which, by 18 I was a total cynic … I had after all been the girl who’d met the boy, then got knocked up and ripped off by him! I’d been left with a broken heart, a wailing baby and a man-hating attitude problem for approximately five years. I was also of the (not unreasonable) belief that post-FOUR WEDDINGS in the late 90’s/early noughties that all… Read More »Welcome To Rom Com Hell: 8 Awful Ways To Write Romantic Comedy

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