Here are five things about me which other people might think lame, but which make me who I am. 1) I cry at sad stories. Including but not limited to Casualty last Saturday, and the sad song that Jessie sings in Toy…
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I was out during my lunch hour yesterday when I happened to pass an outpost of the Church of Scientology. And they were offering free stress tests. Well, I had to stop really. The machine they use – an e-meter – is…
A couple of weeks ago I went to an event at BAFTA hosted by mediaXchange. MediaXchange are a company who try and bring creatives together across the Atlantic – so for example TV execs in the UK might be taken across to…
If you don’t have Jane Espenson‘s blog on your must-read list, you really ought to. She writes regularly on the process of creating spec scripts. Also, about what she had for lunch, but as that’s a story on a par with Tom…
Some people claim that writing can’t be taught. That there’s an indefinable spark in a few which, in time, will blossom. That if you don’t have such a spark, training will do nothing for you. That hard work and experience is not…
It’s a really simple concept, and you’d think it would be more widely done. You’ve written your spec. It’s as good as you can make it. You’ve been through a dozen drafts, stripped back the action paragraphs and deflowered the prose. The…
noun (pl. sanctuaries) 1 a place of refuge or safety. 2 a nature reserve. 3 a place where injured or unwanted animals are cared for. 4 a holy place. 5 the part of the chancel of a church containing the high altar.…
Japanese poem Five syllables, then seven Then five at the last To be true haiku A season must be invoked Use a metaphor Kigo, season word Cherry blossom used for spring Snow stands for winter Now use a cutting Haiku should be…
Let’s take a moment to look at Star Trek’s holodeck. We know that it is capable of creating realistic facsimiles of an environment through the use of force-fields and matter conversion systems, such as are used in the replicator units. A replicator…