Getting fired off a script, and unexpected words of support... 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 – 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?
DIFFERENT THINGS – JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2021
Drowning in telly, emailing your future, and the way I'm tackling my writing goals this year... Here's some different things I've been thinking a lot about this past month. Maybe there's something here to interest you too?
WHAT I WROTE THIS YEAR – 2020
This post title does not lie - a wrap up of what I wrote in the plague-infested year of 2020...
DIFFERENT THINGS – AUGUST 2020
Tragedy, comedy, and dealing with feedback on your work. 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 – MAY 2020
Juggling projects, juggling murder, murdering projects. It's been a pretty scattered time of late, but I've tried to pull together some different things I've been thinking a lot about this past month. Maybe there's something here to interest you too? TELEVISION TELEVISION TELEVISION Ok, so I know everyone is watching inordinate amounts of television of …
WHAT I WROTE THIS YEAR – 2019
It's felt like a very long year! While it started off a little slow, it ran up into a big and tiring finish. There's been lots of great stuff going on professionally, loads of development work and a couple of wins too, with some Story Development funding from Screen Australia (the application for which is …
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 …
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What I Wrote This Year – 2018
A look back on my main writing achievements for 2018.
How Do You ‘Find Your Voice’ As A Writer?
On the destructive myth of a writer’s ‘voice’, and what ‘finding your voice’ actually means.
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 …