DIFFERENT THINGS – MAY 2021

Catching up on all the television, and playing Devil's advocate with your characters... Here's some different things I've been thinking a lot about this past month. Maybe there's something here to interest you too?

DIFFERENT THINGS – APRIL 2021

The Greek gods reimagined, the grind of finishing personal projects, and the conundrum of screenwriting gurus... Here's some different things I've been thinking a lot about this past month. Maybe there's something here to interest you too?

How To Write Movies: Mazin and Arndt’s Screenwriting Philosophies

I've spent a lot of time recently recommending a couple of fantastic resources to anyone and everyone I know in the middle of slogging it out on a screen story. The below two story lectures are fantastic for lots of reasons, but key to their impact is that they're incredibly useful, craft-focused overviews for anyone …

Speed Pitching! Things To Consider

The delightful Holly Lyons, screenwriting lecturer at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and maven behind script assessment service Screenwriting Scriptease, invited me along last week to a speed pitching session for her screenwriting students. Along with some fellow industry peeps, we lined ourselves up for an onslaught of pitches from emerging writers and filmmakers …