tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540785239200626302024-02-19T05:55:10.242+00:00ScreenscribblerWelcome readers to an indecent exposure of my scribblings, bloggy style.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-10281152979915887552018-04-10T14:34:00.002+01:002018-04-10T14:34:19.495+01:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I haven't done this for a while so I thought its about time I put out another free promotion. This time it is for Henley's Ricotta. This is for 5 days only so don't miss it. </div>
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Please feel free to download from the above link. In return I would appreciate a review, (doesn't need to be an essay, a sentence would do), and please share this with your friends.</div>
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5.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing read<br />By <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=603462548&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/HCDWalker?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Helen Walker</a></div>
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Henley's Ricotta is a lovely story which is well worth its price.<br />Fans of John Cowton will know him for being a fan of "Proper British Comedy," and will be pleased to hear that his debut proves it without a doubt. Do not expect to find slapstick within the pages of Henley's Ricotta, nor any of the offensive comedy styles that are more favoured on television at the moment. Henley's Ricotta is the kind of comedy that makes you chuckle quietly as you read rather than laugh out loud. It's very subtly written, and most importantly it is realistic. The location is still very familiar to anyone who has ever stayed in a bed and breakfast, the characters are the kind of people that you encounter on the street every day, and the situation is one that is becoming increasingly familiar.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-86807660596413741742017-10-25T20:30:00.001+01:002017-10-25T20:41:18.204+01:00Comments<p><img src="blob:https://blogger-dashboard.codev.wixapps.net/3ebb4408-dd76-4e0e-9090-cfa1b0fbfb3d" style="width: 25%; float: right;">I am so grateful to my friend Debbie, who followed me on previous blog, who has made me aware that the comments box on my posts does not work. I must say I did used get a small amount of comments on my old blog, so this time having had zero comments but occasionally some feedback on Facebook, it did feel a bit like I was talking to myself. </p><p>After tinkering with the website editor like an untrained car mechanic that hasn't got a clue what he is doing, I looked for the easiest option and went with the Facebook comments section. Apologies to anyone who has not got FB.</p><p>A one word comment or a full blown critique will be more than welcome. So please help me keep my blog and book reviews alive, and spare me a word or two, which will be gratefully received.</p><p><img src="blob:https://blogger-dashboard.codev.wixapps.net/a2612bb1-c0ac-4260-9dcb-02fc79987d73" style="float: right; width: 25%;"></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-29343444713122705262017-09-02T20:11:00.002+01:002017-09-02T20:20:26.628+01:00Work in progress. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A number of people have been asking me for the past two or more years when my next book is coming out. I have had more than one project on the go and getting nowhere. After getting my motivation fix that I needed at Harrogate Crimewriters Festival this year, I have finally knuckled down to a project very close to my heart that has been around in one form or another for the past five years. Yes you have seen it on this blog, from time to time, in different formats. In the loft I have a complete storyboard with the plot divided into acts and scenes, for a screenplay. That's where it's staying. The story is more or less in my head, and that's the best place for it to be if my fingers are going to turn it into printed words.<br />
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Although I have a very rough outline in my head, this is very much a seat of your pants story, and that is the way I have always found works best for me. I'm writing in a different voice and I don't know where its coming from. I now know that I'm going to complete this one, because my reading hasn't exactly gone on the back burner, but has slowed down considerably because I'm getting more interest from my writing. I'm on Chapter Eight and coming up to 20,000 words, so it's well underway. I put a cover together, just to make it seem more of a tangible item for me, but it's not the cover I'm looking for. I need a picture of an old midwest movie theater taken at night. Haven't found the right picture yet. If anyone has one they think I could use, I would love to take a look at it.<br />
The premise is Melvyn, from the West Midlands in the UK, is a cinema projectionist, and at the end of a bad relationship takes a job in Texas. He is a fish out of water with the local youth cowboy culture, and sets himself up against them because of the love interest, the girl most sought after in town, the sheriff's daughter. He's up against some big characters here, but it is going to be a zero to hero story.<br />
I can't say anymore. Plenty of drama, and hopefully I have pitched the vernacular at the right level for the region. It is a different voice for me, but I have tried to retain some of my comedic style. </div>
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Amongst the clatter of baristas operating coffee machines that spew hissing sounds like we are living in a steam age revival, the noise of loud mother's and screaming babies being hoisted out of their buggies into wooden high chairs, too young to be catered for by burger bars with thick shakes, abominable piped music adding to the onslaught to my ears, and yet here I am emulating JK Rowling and like many others the length and breadth of our spectred isle, writing 500-1000 words per medium sized americano.<br />
Why?<br />
I don't know why. But it works. As soon as I get settled at a seat and table, not the soft leather sofas that would induce me into a coma, and open my laptop, my fingers are flying over the keyboard like Liberace on ecstasy.<br />
Surely this is going against the forces of nature? It shouldn't work, but it does.<br />
It has become part of my routine whenever I can, about 3-4 times a week. Like going to the gym. Zumba for the brain. I have even taking to cycling there, as during the act of pedalling I'm thinking about my characters and plot.<br />
I think that combined with the 'commute' on my bicycle and the industrial noise environment within the coffee shop, this stimulates the work ethos centre of my brain, wherever the hell that is, and I turn into a productive word machine, that has no need to stop and pause to play solitaire, update FB and Twitter status, read crime fiction and write blog posts. Incidentally, I am writing this as home, as my blog has become yet another distraction from writing within the domestic domain.<br />
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Conclusion, I think coffee shops work for me, because I have not adapted my home to be a workplace, and the noise of the coffee shop matches years of trying to write reports in shared offices, constant ringing of phones, and people milling around. If I had been a shepherd in a remote isle off the mainland of northern Scotland, maybe quietude and isolation would be my place for the Muse.<br />
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‘Write On’ – a six part documentary series showcasing contemporary writers from the North East – will air on Made in Tyne & Wear from 3<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">rd</sup> September.</div>
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Written, directed and produced by David Jewell, the series focuses on a range of contemporary writers from the region, several of whom have worked extensively with Northern Film + Media.</div>
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The first episode features international crime author <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mari Hannah</span>, whose book <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Murder Wall</em> is currently in development with Stephen Fry’s Sprout Pictures and had its origins in the NFM and BBC drama development initiative North East Voices. Also featured later in the series is the acclaimed horror novelist <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stephen Laws</span>.</div>
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Award winning film screenwriters <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Martin Herron</span> and <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gavin Williams</span> give practical advice on writing for the cinema and explain how they accessed the industry and progressed to on screen success.</div>
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For anyone interested in producing their own movie, filmmaker/ director <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Andy Mark Simpson</span> offers a masterclass in how to produce a full length feature on a micro budget.</div>
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Freelance journalist and author <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Phil Penfold</span> describes his career writing as a film and theatre critic, giving his own unique take on a range of showbiz names.</div>
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For those interested in writing and in what it means to be a writer, who want tips to improve their own work, or have ever dreamt of making a career in the industry, these are the must-see documentaries.</div>
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‘Write On’ will be broadcast initially on Made in Tyne and Wear but is soon to be available nationwide. Watch on Sky, Virgin Media or Freeview, or view live <a href="http://www.madeintyneandwear.tv/" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">online</a>.</div>
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Episode 1 Mari Hannah: Sun 3rd Sept at 10 am, repeated Wed 5th Sept at 1 am, and Thurs 6<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</sup> Sept at 10 am</div>
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Episode 2 Andy Mark Simpson: Sun 10<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</sup> Sept at 10 am, repeated Wed 13<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</sup> Sept at 1 am, and Thurs 14<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</sup> Sept at 10 am</div>
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Episode 3 Gavin Williams: 17<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</sup> Sept at 10 am, repeated Wed 20<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</sup> Sept at 1 am, and Thurs 21st Sept at 10 am</div>
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Episode 4 Martin Herron: 24<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</sup> Sept at 10 am, repeated Wed 27<sup style="box-sizing: border-box;">th</sup> Sept at 1 am, and Thurs 28th Sept at 10 am</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-68876362878587035552017-08-24T09:19:00.001+01:002017-08-24T09:45:30.076+01:00"Write On" is a six part series featuring contemporary writers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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from all aspects of the creative industries. From police procedural thrillers
by international crime author Mari Hannah through to the horror novels of
Stephen Laws, professional authors explain aspects of their craft.<br />
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Award winning screenwriters Martin Herron and Gavin Williams give practical
advice on writing for the cinema, whilst Journalist and author Phil Penfold talks
of his career writing as a movie/theatre critic, giving his own unique
insight into some household showbiz names.<br />
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If you've ever thought of being a film writer then filmmaker/ director Andy
Mark Simpson explains how you too could make your movie, taking you through
making short films to writing and producing your very own feature on a micro
budget.<br />
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If you're interested in writing and writers, want tips to improve your writing,
or have ever dreamt of making a career in the industry then these are the must-see
documentaries.<br />
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"Write On" launches on 3rd September 2017 with award
winning international crime writer Mari Hannah whose novel The Murder Wall is
currently in pre-production with Sprout Pictures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-30070708234088531622014-11-17T20:54:00.001+00:002014-11-17T20:54:03.686+00:00100th PostIt's great to be back into my blogging again after a couple of months or more of absence without leave. For my 100th post I thought it was time for a makeover, so I've trimmed off a lot of the the side column, and got rid of the pages, to simplify everything and hopefully make the Screenscribbler blog quicker to load. I haven't got it just how I want it right now, and it may look more like a building site with all the holes left from the stuff I have removed. The background picture, I took in Ephesus on my camera and Photoshopped it to get the desired effect to promote my book of the same name. That will remain in place until I have a picture that will promote my current work in progress entitled <i>Midnight At The Alhambra.</i> <div>It is my current work in progress that has kept me from blogging, because I really have the bit between my teeth on that one at the minute. It is set in Texas, and involves ranches, rodeo, a small town movie theater and murder!<div>I am well into my fourth chapter, of around 3000 words a chapter, and it is coming along nicely. </div><div>I am going for a darker plot this time and it is my debut into crimewriting.</div><div>However, I have not abandoned comedy, which to quote the late great Irish comedian Frank Carson, "it's the way I tell 'em." In other words my comedy is in the narrative and the larger than life characters I tend to go for. I'm hoping this project won't take longer than a year, but it's not easy with a demanding full time job. </div><div>I will continue to add my current reads, and review on Amazon and Goodreads, I just won't keep them on so long and clutter up the blog any longer. </div></div><div>By the way, my five day promotion when I offered all three books for free resulted in 555 downloads from which I had four lovely reviews in Britain and two in the US. So if you would like to add to that total, I will be eternally grateful.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-2697125565228699032014-09-22T08:23:00.001+01:002014-09-22T09:17:36.417+01:00Free Comedy Adventure Bonanza (for 5 days only)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSciIUur1H9RhSvxbB84VKLQR5AWNLUm13FIiHMlMmoDbhcQU5sfVJ-BS1yYqOBg508_mYbYBNo7vYR8ALOdZiT2313yEda_UvwjQ6bMKk4QG1QB9I69n0_OLT2JHs1D2XlKrzlXBQdk/s640/blogger-image--1798934768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSciIUur1H9RhSvxbB84VKLQR5AWNLUm13FIiHMlMmoDbhcQU5sfVJ-BS1yYqOBg508_mYbYBNo7vYR8ALOdZiT2313yEda_UvwjQ6bMKk4QG1QB9I69n0_OLT2JHs1D2XlKrzlXBQdk/s640/blogger-image--1798934768.jpg"></a>From today for five days only I am giving away all three of my comedy adventures. I want to get my work out to a bigger audience. This is more important to me than any financial return. All I ask is if you have enjoyed any of them, please jot down a couple of sentences in the form of a review, either on Amazon or <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">https://www.goodreads.com/</a> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">or both. Enjoy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Please click on the widgets on the right column to take advantage of this offer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-23790535791775190762014-09-21T16:40:00.001+01:002014-11-17T19:38:14.314+00:00Humbled By A Tree<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I've had a wonderful break in Crete, having spent time exploring the island, enjoying the beach, meeting new people and in between all of that, lots of lovely reading and lots of lovely writing.</div>
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I wanted to spend some time alone with this tree, I mean a lot of time. Time enough to get to know one another. I wanted the tree to whisper it's secrets, all what it has seen over the centuries from Minoan times. I felt something with this tree, I felt that wherever I am, whatever I see, there is always a story to be told. Am I being odd, or is this normal behaviour for a writer?</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-36938963496581461892014-07-27T11:35:00.002+01:002014-07-27T11:35:50.611+01:00At Last: Ephesus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Like many men, Fairfax Freeman has endeavored to please the woman in his life. Only in Fairfax's case the 'woman' is his vitriolic mother, Myrtle, for whom there is no pleasing.<br />Redundancy from his long term job has put him even lower in his mother's esteem, so in a bid to restore some faith in him, he has sacrificed some of his redundancy money on an all-inclusive package. Sipping cocktails by the pool all day was having the desired effect. But there was one thing Fairfax wanted to do for himself. After spending many hours reading books on the ancient region of Anatonia, he wanted to see Ephesus. His mother was determined to ruin his trip to the ruins. One old man, Demetrius, was resolved to ensure Fairfax saw the old Byzantium trading port in all its glory.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-49615889654569721622014-04-15T00:29:00.002+01:002014-04-15T00:32:07.407+01:00April In Paris<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em>April In Paris </em>was released the year I was born. Sixty years on I have made my first visit to Paris, in April :-) I don't think a lot will have changed over the last six decades, for that matter maybe not in the last couple of centuries. Fashion, technology and demographics, may have caused some superficial alterations, but the heart of the city lives and breathes history as if it happened yesterday, whether it be the Hundred Years War, The French Revolution, The First French Empire under the rule of Napoléon Bonaparte, or the Liberation of Paris in 1944. </div>
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What I was totally unprepared for, was the Parisians who were warm, friendly, welcoming and helpful, not what you would expect from a capital city. I can't wait to return. Here are some of my photos I'll share. There is no need for further comment from me, the pictures speak for themselves.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This year there seemed to be a very noticeable drop in attendance. I don’t understand why this should be, because the panels, workshops, pitching sessions were up to the usual high standard, and well worth every penny. All I can say is I hope writers will continue to support this 5* event and the organisers should feel very proud. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Publisher Ian Skillicorn gave a heartening talk to writers of short stories stating there is a demand for short stories in magazines, ebooks and audio format.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My first workshop was called "Men Do It Too," meaning they submit short stories to women's magazines. We got plenty of inside information from long established magazine writer Lesley Eames. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lesley packed a lot into that workshop and kept us busy, feverishly writing, developing characters, setting and plot being as economical as we could with our words. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Next was back into the main auditorium for a panel discussion, "Writing For Screen, Radio and TV," with David Roden, script editor for 'Coronation Street,' Peter Wild, freelance producer for Radio 4 and Max Kinnings, screenwriter.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It was established that currently the best British writing is for the cinema and radio. 'Philomena' being a prime example, (I'm so pleased I saw it at the cinema, I don't go very often.'</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It's interesting to note that British TV drama comes from a history of stage and radio productions, whilst US TV comes from a history of filmmaking. When you look at the end result I think it becomes fairly obvious.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Our last workshop before lunch was "How Studying Screenwriting Can Make You A Better Novellist," with Max Kinnings. We studied the various stages of the process, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pitch/logline/tagline (sell line)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Statement of Intent</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Character biographies</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Outline/treatment</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Scene by scene outline</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">First draft script.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I could relate to so much of this from having read Blake Snyder's "Save The Cat," (</span><a href="http://screenscribbler.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/structure-and-motivation.html">http://screenscribbler.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/structure-and-motivation.html</a>).<br />
It was at lunch that I enjoyed the company of two writers, Keith Large, award winning playwright and radio dramatist, www.carrotnapper.com and Maria Smith www.firstdraftcafe.blogspot.com.<br />
We've been in touch and I hope our paths will cross again in the not too distant future.<br />
Back in the main auditorium and this time it was 'The Crime Panel,' Max Kinnings, MR Hall a barrister who wrote "Kavanagh QC," William Ryan who wrote detective novels from the 1930's era and Emlyn Rees who writes both crime fiction and in partnership with his wife writes comedy fiction.<br />
My final workshop was "Writing On Air," with Peter Wild. We learned that audio drama is the newest form of drama. Just go to www.wirelesstheatre.co.uk and see how high the standard of production is. I've subscribed to them already, and hope to send some submissions when they start accepting them again in September.<br />
The day ended on a high for me. I delivered my pitch for "Henley's Ricotta" to Emlyn Rees. He reassured me that there is a demand for comedy fiction, and he has my details. Who knows, the pitch was fun and he restored my confidence. By the way, he's a very good writer, he had me laughing embarrassingly loud when I read "Seven Year Itch" which he wrote with his wife Josie Lloyd.<br />
That's my report for this year's Get Writing event. God bless <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">VWC, (Verulam Writer's Circle), and all who sail in her and let's hope that more people will turn up for Get Writing 2015 to make it bigger and better than ever.</span></div>
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It's time to take my annual trip down to Hatfield for <a href="http://getwritingday.verulamwriterscircle.org.uk/" target="_blank">Get Writing 2014</a> on Saturday 29th March.</div>
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Besides a long list of speakers at various times during the day, there will be four workshops to attend. My choice for this year is:Studying Screenwriting/ Men do it too/ So you think you're funny eh?/ Starting out.<br />
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So you think you are funny, may come in useful for the vision of a comedy renaissance that myself (Previous blogpost <a href="http://screenscribbler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/nowhere-to-go-for-new-comedy-writers.html">Nowhere To Go For New Comedy Writers</a> ) and my good blogfriend Deborah Barker (<a href="http://www.deborahjbarker.co.uk/whats-so-funny/" rel="bookmark">What’s so funny?</a>) </div>
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'Men do it too' will be a good follow up to the workshop I attended in January when I was encouraged to try submitting stories to women's magazines.</div>
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I am going to try a five minute pitch again. Wish me luck with that. I made a complete mess of it last time. This time I will be prepared, and I have researched the agent I am pitching to.</div>
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I'll let you know how I get on, and if you would like to come along, at the time of writing there are just a few bronze tickets left. <a href="http://getwritingday.verulamwriterscircle.org.uk/" target="_blank">Get Writing 2014</a></div>
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New writers of comedy have received another blow with the news that the BBC are about to announce they are taking BBC Three off air and making it available an internet only channel. It has been acknowledged that some of our most recent successful shows were given their break on this platform such as <em>Gavin and Stacey </em>and <em>Little Britain. </em><br />
Perhaps there is still some money in the pot from Channel 4's axing of <em>Big Brother, </em>which released around £50,000,000 a year, some of which has been committed to drama. Then there is Sky TV, who are spreading their wings and producing some wonderful comedy and drama. <br />
Or maybe we just have too much choice. When people speak of the Golden Age Of Television, they look back to the days when there were just two channels, with limited viewing time. It was a remote controless world where people had to get up from the sofa (or settee as it was known in those days) to turn on the television and wait for it to warm up. If the plug was pulled on more channels that would go to more difficult to access and find internet channels, perhaps we could return to that Golden Age of entertainment, variety that could take up a smaller amount of our time. This would leave more time for home entertainment, family life and the great outdoors. No, who am I kidding, internet, mobile phones and Playstations are already filling the gap. <br />
Going back to my point, where are all the new comedy writers going to go. Well maybe publishers should look at a renaissance in regenerating the humour genre back where it belongs in the book market. I'm sure people are looking for it when they browse through the bestsellers shelves at the supermarket, but it's just not there. Generally, comedy is lighter, easier to read and has a feel-good factor because it makes people laugh and cheers them up. There must be a better market for short stories, particularly humorous stories on eBooks. <br />
Does anyone out there still like to read comedy? If so please let me know. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-49956604320521132252014-02-16T18:07:00.000+00:002014-02-16T18:07:44.207+00:00Romance, Sentiment and Magazines<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was given feedback from a short story competition last year and was advised that what I thought was a humorous look at the folly of youth turned had been judged as a love story and I was advised to consider submitting it to a woman's magazine. My work often finds itself involving a 'love interest' by natural occurrence as in <em>Henley's Ricotta, Midnight At The Alhambra </em>and <em>Ushabti, </em>but I'm writing about life and isn't that just the way of mankind?<br />
Recently I attended a short story workshop, and whilst women's magazines are not exclusively set in the romance genre, I was again advised to submit to women's magazines as these magazines represent the majority of the short story market.<br />
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I argued that I whilst I would be very happy to send my work to women's magazines I would prefer to submit to magazines that I would purchase myself, but there aren't any are there? Perhaps online. In my youth I remember I progressed from comics like <em>Boy's Own </em>to American imports such as <em>True Detective Stories </em>and <em>Amazing Stories. </em><br />
I'm not entirely sure about the magazine market at all. I would like to self-publish an anthology of short stories or sell them singly for eBooks, but breaking into the magazine market, albeit gender specific to female market is not to be sneezed at.</div>
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was little, on cold winter nights, my mother used to iron my bed sheets with a
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This was to warm the bed up before I got in<br />
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There was no central heating in those days, not in normal everyday houses. I
think people were acclimatised to lower temperatures. My father would come in
to check on me and cover me with old coats. His coats. There was one in
particular that I remember. It was very heavy and was made from old worn rough
tweed. There was a mustiness about it, a unique smell that I will always
remember and one that most people would find rather unpleasant. But not to me.
It was my comfort blanket, and the smell combined with the weight and the
warmth would ensure I drifted off into a safe and secure slumber. Sometimes as
I fidgeted, the coat would slip down off my shoulder and I would have to reach
out with my hand to restore it back into position. The roughness of the fabric
on my fingertips would play tricks on my mind and set my teeth on edge. I can
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<strong><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Coal</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– the smell of coal reminds me
of my coal cellar during my childhood in Birmingham, a scary place to be.
It was the only room in the house that still had a gas lamp. We had another
cellar which was for storing wood. My sister and I would scramble over the
‘bomb sites’ left over from WW2, on our way home from school. It was a
different age in those days when the nation wasn’t so health and safety
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We could have been the inspiration for the film Eric
Sykes and Tommy Cooper film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Plank, </i>as
we walked home with a length of wood that was twice as long as the two of us
put together, which we would despatch through the grill opening to the wood
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also reminds me of the golden age of railways with the steam engine. However my
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any children who stood too close to the platform into the belly of their
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ironing sometimes makes me think about the steam I used to see rising from the wooden clothes horse that stood in front of the
fire on most days during my childhood winters, in the days when we didn’t have
fabric conditioner full of the smells of ocean breeze or fresh cut fields. Quite
the opposite. I’m not so old that my mother had a mangle to deal with the wet
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What she did have was a state of the art Wringer in a ‘modern cabinet.’ You lifted the
worktop lid and raised the mangle which hinged from a horizontal storage
position to an upright position. Opening the cabinet door where the handle was
clipped on there was a slatted shelf where you placed a large bucket to catch
all the water. They thought of everything. If you were rich your mother would
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I have not consciously sat down and wrote myself a bunch of new years resolutions, or even one resolution. I'm too old to change and too old to be influenced by that old chestnut. <br />
However, two weeks into 2014 and I haven't done badly at all. <br />
<em>Ephesus</em> is underway again. There was one transitionary point in the story that seemed to work okay in script form but I have been stuck on how to make it happen in novel/novella format. I have commenced a Creative Writing correspondence course which has increased my motivation tenfold. As part of this course it wants me to work on a current project so I picked up where I left off on <em>Ephesus </em>and it was as if the problem hadn't been there in the first place. Ephesus is back underway, and watch this space, it should be out soon.<br />
My quest to have a short story winner continues, and I am attending a workshop in Cambridge on 25th of January. <br />
Finally I have got my place at my 5th Get Writing Conference in Hatfield in March, where I will be attending four workshops, seminars and have a 5 minute pitch to a publisher/agent booked. More of that later.<br />
If all of this had have been part of a plan stemming from New Years Resolutions, then how lucky we writers are. Most people resolve to do less of what they enjoy, like smokers giving up, foodies going on a diet etc., whilst writers resolve to do more.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-48382896597683549302014-01-01T11:50:00.001+00:002014-01-05T08:27:39.812+00:00Happy New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Start the year with a blog post, that's what I say. Well my blogs were a bit thin on the ground during December. <br>
Happy New Year to one and all. I looked for a suitable literary quote relating to the new year, and this was my favourite:<em> "The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears."<br> - W.H. Auden</em><br>My favourite resolution was from comedian Sean Lock who said on the <em>8 out of 10 Cats </em>Christmas Special "My new year's resolution is to be more chivalrous to feminists."<br>
On the subject of resolutions I'm with<em> Brigdet Jones </em>who said <em>"I do think New Year's resolutions can't technically be expected to begin on New Year's Day, don't you? Since, because it's an extension of New Year's Eve, smokers are already on a smoking roll and cannot be expected to stop abruptly on the stroke of midnight with so much nicotine in the system. Also dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second."</em><br>
However, after saying all of that on the resolution front mine is the same as last year, I'm going to write more and when I'm not writing I'm going to read more.<br>
I'll just add a few hundred words to my current project then that's day one under my belt.<br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-75451357792623804782013-12-24T17:28:00.001+00:002013-12-24T17:28:06.169+00:00Yuletide Blog GreetingsMerry Christmas from the Screenscribbblers house. I am sharing a picture of our cat George, who as you can see is full of festive cheer.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvga1-cb2vjymdtVE8Z9oylsUmpJBRCeoBPiSS-yBL53CuZxLzfl6drzp1w5WvqEvazhP-PoWyYegLfUQxsnncw1DbJjDHouc5R9zns7KX2VmTLZapZ0Bgf8YQfhK5vDxyNZefIY5GNA/s640/blogger-image-1338700624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvga1-cb2vjymdtVE8Z9oylsUmpJBRCeoBPiSS-yBL53CuZxLzfl6drzp1w5WvqEvazhP-PoWyYegLfUQxsnncw1DbJjDHouc5R9zns7KX2VmTLZapZ0Bgf8YQfhK5vDxyNZefIY5GNA/s640/blogger-image-1338700624.jpg"></a></div><div>Have a great holiday, and I'll see you in the new year</div><div>John x</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-58595813645766831672013-11-30T21:41:00.002+00:002013-11-30T21:41:33.021+00:00November Summary <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My NaNoWriMo awareness month is over and congratulations to all my friends who have completed this epic journey, especially Deborah.<br />
Unfortunately, as a non-participant, a demanding day job would never allow me the time and energy to go for glory with my story. However, watch this space in about four years time.<br />
Until then, November, for me, will remain a period of literary self-discovery. <br />
I was born in November, So it's natural for me to reflect around this time ot the year. Blog writing is as good as anything for helping me do this.<br />
That's why this will be my fourth post this month.<br />
So if 50,000 words in a month was not an option for me, what has November meant to me?<br />
I have a short story and a TV script currently being judged in separate competitions with another short story underway. I have been inspired by a great comedy show in London and I have taken to using an iPad & pen with handwriting recognition software for my first drafts. My laptop is needed for subsequent edits.<br />
On the negative side, work has been absolutely dire, so I have been lacking in time and energy and stress has sucked some of my creative juices from my bone marrow. My short story has suffered because of this and although I know where the story is going the pace is very slow. It may have to go on the back burner whilst I work afresh on something new.<br />
Cosolidating the positives and the negatives, I think the overall picture is I have done enough this November to keep me motivated to continue writing through the festive season and into the new year.<br />
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To find software that can make sense of my senseless scrawl is beyond science, it's witchcraft. If nobody has started a list 'Seven wonders of the technological world,' can I please reserve the number one slot for Handwriting Recognition Software? Okay it isn't perfect, but the amount of correction that I have to do. after my scrawl has been converted to text is minimal. </div>
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