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It’s people like you that spoil it for everyone else.
So I go away for a week to visit my girlfriend’s family and run with the bulls – I’m fine, thank you for asking – and manage to avoid most of the Torchwood spoilers. Some of which will likely appear in this post. You have been warned. So I come back, gulp down the lot, […]
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Letters From America: A good day, on the whole.
originally posted 8th March 2004— Draft Zero of the Enterprise spec is finished. It’s not a First Draft. It’s not at that level yet. What it has, is enough words to fill fifty pages in screenplay format. Now that the final “Fade out.” has been typed, I’ve printed it out and read it end-to-end for […]
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Where there’s a Will
William M Akers, writer of Your Screenplay Sucks! is going to be in London in the next couple of weeks. Anyhoo, turns out he’s doing a workshop at the Met Film School on the evening of Thursday 2nd July at 6:30pm. Looks like it might be interesting. Fifteen quid cash on the door to get […]
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Second Stage Launch
So I was at the launch do for the Screenwriters’ Festival last night. This was actually the second launch. We reckon they can probably fit one more in before the festival itself, which is October 26th to 29th. In addition to a glass of free wine (which always cheers me up) and some starspotting in […]
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Josh Friedman on the bubble
Creator/Showrunner/Sometime Blogger Josh Friedman of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has posted about what it’s like being on the bubble. Sadly, the show didn’t get renewed. “Everyone says having your show cancelled is like a death but I’ve been dead before and at least when you’re dead you don’t get thrown off the Warner Bros. […]
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The same act of writing, but in real time.
Stephen Gallagher has written a post about how the freelance writing process works in US TV. And there’s a promise of another post on the Writers’ Room system coming soon. Well worth your time.
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SAG negotiations
I don’t have a horse in this race, unlike the WGA strike. But the members of the Screen Actors Guild are now deciding whether or not to accept a proposal squeezed through by 53% of the SAG Board. So, not exactly a roaring endorsement. You can take a look at the highlights, together with arguments […]
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Adaptation
Earlier this year I wrote an article for the Spring 09 issue of the Writers’ Guild magazine about how I adapted A Christmas Carol for the stage. Should you be tempted to give it the once-over, the Guild has just made it available online.