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a far away city: Writing Full Time In your Spare Time Pt 2
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A far away city. Saturday, 18 July 2009. Writing Full Time In your Spare Time Pt 2. So last time we left out intrepid hero (me) at a turning point - having to give up writing full time and get a proper job. That was late 2007, and disappointingly no one has given me any large sums of money not to work since then (the selfish swine.) So I write part time. Is surprisingly tiring, so more often than not I tend to flop and/or sleep in the afternoons. I don’t say this looking for sympathy. I know th...Quittin...
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a far away city: January 2009
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A far away city. Monday, 26 January 2009. Some young people yesterday. I didn’t expect to like Skins. What I saw of the first series left me cold, so I skipped Series 2. That got better notices, but a quick skim through the on-line reviews suggests that this series hasn’t gone down as well - they all say it’s trashy, superficial and exploitative - as if that’s a bad thing! Of course, Skins has no such sociological or political content. It’s not great art. The characterisation is as broad as...Proper upda...
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a far away city: February 2009
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A far away city. Thursday, 26 February 2009. Get it Noticed - Get a Meeting - Get it Made. FREE script meeting at SWF 2009. SCRIPTMARKET 2009 will open at 9.00am on Friday 27th February and will run until 5.00pm Thursday 30th April. Even if you have written or optioned a great spec script, getting it noticed, getting feedback and getting meetings to progress it can be an uphill battle. Famous and successful Spec Scripts (a script speculatively written without a commission) include Joe Eszterhas'. Friday,...
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a far away city: April 2010
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A far away city. Sunday, 25 April 2010. Treme Trailer #3 (HBO). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. 8220;Reality, on the screen, is a sort of bore. Movies are a kind of dream; I think they should have an unreal edge to them. And that‘s what I try to do.”. Treme Trailer #3 (HBO). Paul Cornell's House of Awkwardness. Scriptwriting and Script Reading in the UK. Stuart Perry's Displacement Activities.
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a far away city: ...but no cigar.
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A far away city. Friday, 24 July 2009. Didn't make the finals of Bluecat. Which is a shame, as this is the stage where cash prizes are involved, and I need a new laptop! I'm happy with the run I had though, and there's still Page. Congratulations to the finalists! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. 8220;Reality, on the screen, is a sort of bore. Movies are a kind of dream; I think they should have an unreal edge to them. And that‘s what I try to do.”. Yet more competition news!
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a far away city: Writing Full Time In Your Spare Time - pt 3
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A far away city. Saturday, 1 August 2009. Writing Full Time In Your Spare Time - pt 3. Last time I ended with a question: How? How do you find the motivation to write when you‘re working full time? It’s taken me a while to get back to that one, because frankly I have absolutely no idea. Because when I‘m writing I’m my own boss and frankly I’m a bit of a soft touch. So that brings us back to the original question - How do you find the motivation to write? Some people are more naturally driven. Anyone ...
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a far away city: May 2010
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A far away city. Sunday, 2 May 2010. The British Short Screenplay Competition is now accepting submissions. The early deadline is Monday 31st May and the final deadline Monday 5th July. The winner of The British Short Screenplay Competition. Will have their screenplay produced by Kaos Films. It seems like only yeaterday the last one closed! I've got to the semi finals 3 times out of the last 4 years, so time for one more push! Anyone else entering this year? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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a far away city: October 2009
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A far away city. Saturday, 3 October 2009. SWF 09 - Techrec. Only three weeks to go until SWF 09. Excited? I went to the Technical Recce at The Cheltenham Ladies College yesterday, and it’s a fantastic venue. IT* was a problem last time, but the college has its own state of the art IT (and isn’t located near a secret government communication centre,) so that should be better this year. Transport might be more of a problem (Pity the poor sucker who has to coordinate that! Might be an idea to check with yo...
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a far away city: SWF 09 - Techrec
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A far away city. Saturday, 3 October 2009. SWF 09 - Techrec. Only three weeks to go until SWF 09. Excited? I went to the Technical Recce at The Cheltenham Ladies College yesterday, and it’s a fantastic venue. IT* was a problem last time, but the college has its own state of the art IT (and isn’t located near a secret government communication centre,) so that should be better this year. Transport might be more of a problem (Pity the poor sucker who has to coordinate that! Might be an idea to check with yo...
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