IF YOU WANT TO WRITE FOR CINEMA, LEARN TO MULTI-TASK

2013-08-14T08:37:47+01:00

Welcome writer, director, script guru and all round good fellow, Charles Harris to the Script Advice Blog! MULTI-TASKING IN CINEMA Everything in a well-constructed cinema script carries out two, three or even more tasks. There’s [...]

IF YOU WANT TO WRITE FOR CINEMA, LEARN TO MULTI-TASK2013-08-14T08:37:47+01:00

THE THREE C’s: CREATIVE, COLLABORATIVE, COMMISSION

2013-07-04T13:43:34+01:00

You probably saw this article in the Guardian a few days ago. A disgruntled, disillusioned writer tells of the torrid time he had with producers at BBC3 Comedy, following the commission of his Sitcom pilot [...]

THE THREE C’s: CREATIVE, COLLABORATIVE, COMMISSION2013-07-04T13:43:34+01:00

FACE TO FACE – PITCHING – HOW TO DO IT

2013-06-11T15:04:17+01:00

Over the past 20 years I have been on the receiving end of many successful and some disastrous pitches from writers seeking to sell their ideas to the channel I was working for. So I [...]

FACE TO FACE – PITCHING – HOW TO DO IT2013-06-11T15:04:17+01:00

WHAT’S IN A STORY?

2013-05-31T18:10:18+01:00

On my writer's group page Script Advice Writers Room the fabulous Lucy V Hay of www.bang2write.com and I coined a word for what script editors/writers who are also mothers do every day as we balance [...]

WHAT’S IN A STORY?2013-05-31T18:10:18+01:00

WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? How to Write a TV Script

2013-05-23T12:03:31+01:00

Are you trying to learn how to write a tv script? Writing for television requires the same fundamental skills as writing drama or fiction for any other medium, although you need to be looking at [...]

WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? How to Write a TV Script2013-05-23T12:03:31+01:00

WRITING MISTAKES YOU DON’T WANT TO MAKE

2013-05-03T14:02:13+01:00

I've been helping writers via SCRIPT ADVICE since 2007 and it feels the right time now to collate the most oft-made mistakes I see in scripts and hope you find the don'ts useful to know [...]

WRITING MISTAKES YOU DON’T WANT TO MAKE2013-05-03T14:02:13+01:00

EVERGREEN LIST – FOR TELEVISION WRITERS

2013-04-30T12:47:50+01:00

I started in television in 1990 when the world was analogue not digital and mobile phones were Bengal Tiger rare. The only ones I regularly saw were those used by the film crew on location [...]

EVERGREEN LIST – FOR TELEVISION WRITERS2013-04-30T12:47:50+01:00

SCRIPT ADVICE NEWSLETTER 17 – CRITICISM – HOW TO TAKE IT

2013-04-25T13:29:30+01:00

WHAT THE SCRIPT FACTORY SAYS ABOUT SCRIPT ADVICE:"We can heartily recommend Yvonne’s workshops – she unravels television like no one else! www.scriptfactory.co.ukFind out if I can help you with your current project@https://scriptadvice-co-uk.stackstaging.com offering writers mentoring, [...]

SCRIPT ADVICE NEWSLETTER 17 – CRITICISM – HOW TO TAKE IT2013-04-25T13:29:30+01:00

MY FAVOURITE LINKS FOR WRITERS

2013-03-21T13:32:54+00:00

Running my website for writers SCRIPT ADVICE and THE SCRIPT ADVICE WRITERS ROOM on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/237330119115/ I often come across very valuable advice on the Net for writers. I also tweet a lot of important [...]

MY FAVOURITE LINKS FOR WRITERS2013-03-21T13:32:54+00:00

NEWSLETTER 16 – THE SPRING ONE

2013-03-07T16:44:29+00:00

WHAT THE SCRIPT FACTORY SAYS ABOUT SCRIPT ADVICE:"We can heartily recommend Yvonne’s workshops – she unravels television like no one else! www.scriptfactory.co.ukFind out if I can help you with your current project@https://scriptadvice-co-uk.stackstaging.com offering writers mentoring, [...]

NEWSLETTER 16 – THE SPRING ONE2013-03-07T16:44:29+00:00
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