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Screenwriting

Save the Cat beat sheets of the films you know

Writing your logline

Testing your logline

Structuring one hour TV drama

Is the screenplay finished? Handy ways to check

Submissions:

  • Shore Scripts 
  • Screencraft
  • Bluecat 
  • Red Planet Prize
  • BBC Writers Room

Support:

  • Scriptblast
  • BBC Writers Room

Inspiration

Cheryl Strayed/Marie Forleo video about creativity and becoming a writer

 

More coming soon…

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Feeling human again on this glorious spring day. So much gratitude (and relief) to be well! . . . . . #fraternaltwinboys #fraternaltwins #family #spring #twinstagram #parents #parentsoftoddlers
Today I took my laptop and whisked myself off to this lovely coffee shop. It was a much needed breath of fresh air. And I mean that literally. You see, I had wrongly assumed it was just reflux when one of my children puked all over my feet before I left for London last week. So I returned to two sick boys and a house perfumed by vomit. Not long afterwards my partner also fell ill. Cue me hurrying to do all the household jobs and online shopping before I fell victim. It reminded me of a scene in Bram Stoker's Dracula when the sun sets abnormally fast and everyone's legging it before it goes dark (or something). I was just wiping down my last surface and dared to wonder if my immune system would actually hold out when the horror finally got me. It was awful. The vampires caught us and feasted on our corpses. What? I'm feeling dramatic. When we'd recovered enough - and the grown-ups needed to go back to work - we sent the boys back to nursery. A few days later and it seems one of them IS ILL AGAIN! Seriously, day care is taking as much freedom as it gives. The twins go in, get a bug. I'm told it will give them great immunity in later years but right now it makes me wish we lived in a germless vaccum on an island surrounded by a lake of bleach. . . . . . #parentingishard #parentproblems #challengesofparenthood #sicknessbug #daycareproblems #nurserygerms #coffeeshop #escape #nicelights #lightshades #copper #freelancelife #parentsofinstagram #parentsoftoddlers #tryingtowrite #nosickpay #freelanceproblems #Harborne
As a busy working writer I don't tend to move away from my desk all that often (which suits me fine). But on occasion something really cool pops up that I'm delighted to get dressed for. This week I've been invited to the first Girls Make Games workshop here in the UK! It's an event hosted by PlayStation and the founder of Girls Make Games @lailashabir Its aim is to introduce girls (ages 10-14) to the hows of creating art, music and levels and show them how they could create their very own video games. Ten-year-old me is very jealous. However, I'm also bloody excited. I'll be high-fiving and chatting to these future coders and Laila herself - so that at some point soon all that good stuff will be poured into a published piece. I'll be posting a couple of Insta stories tomorrow (in amongst elbowing the kids out of the way so I can get my hands on the tech). So watch this space! 😊 💥 . . . . . #gaming #PlayStation #girlsmakegames #Lailashabir #girlgamers #girlcoders #coding #gamecreation #writerslife #freelancelife #freelancersofinstagram #freelancewriter #bloggersofinstagram #womengamers #writersofinstagram #blogger #femalegamers #gamers #feminism #womenintech #sonyplaystation #gamedevelopment #gamedesign #feminismisequality #amwriting #womenwhocode #computergames #fun #education #childrenarethefuture
Anyone else? After a busy weekend with my two three-nagers I've done my back in and need another weekend to recover... 😂
What taking a selfie with two toddlers gets you. . . . . . #selfie #selfiefail #twinmama #threeyearolds #twinboys #fraternaltwins #fraternalboys #threenagers #brotherlylove #brothers #yestheyretwins
My new favourite mug 👶👶 . . . . #mug #cuppa #cupoftea #bitchplease #twinmom #twinmama #twintoddlers #twinstagram #twinproblems #mothersoftwins #mothersmusings #motherswhowrite #twinmum #twins
Propeller head. An apt image. Life has been pretty full this end since we all recovered from flu. Lots of catching up, plenty of rage-planning aka: "Damn you life, I've got to fit this in before it's too late!" I haven't really had much time to reflect and just... breathe. But then I remember doing a lot of reflecting and breathing before the boys came along and I can’t say I was much more grounded – just perhaps a little more in control. I’ve thought of posting on here then I can’t find a decent pic. I find a pic and then I don’t know what to say. I changed my account title to broaden my writing scope – as that’s what I’m doing day to day - but then I wonder if I’m just distracting myself from writing The Screenplay. Mmm. How are you doing? . . . . . #freelancelife #freelancewriter #freelancersofinstagram #womenwhowrite #motherswhowrite #writerproblems #writinglife #screenwriter #screenwritersofinstagram #copywriter #jugglingeverything #lovemearedjumper #brunettehair
These are my feet but from a few weeks ago when I was briefly free from winter illness and enjoying being out on a crisp day. It's aspirational now. We haven't left the house for a week. All of us have succumbed to flu: a gift from nursery. Oh how day care gives, then takes away. It's been rough. I mean rough like a rhino's arse which I'm going to assume is very. I had a naive notion that if we had the annual shots (we all got them) we wouldn't get it at all. Now I know otherwise. Did you know that there are many strains and sub-strains of the flu? More than can be inoculated against currently. In my haze I've done some research. Flu has three different types: A, B and C. Well, it's really only A and B that can affect us but each of these has many sub-types (potentially up to 144 for strand A alone). Fascinating really. And also rather scary. Maybe don't read about the dangers of a flu pandemic when you're in fever-induced madness. So, not very exciting news I'm afraid. But I liked the pic and didn't want to write something flippant that avoided the awfulness of parenting sick toddlers when you're sick too. We're getting there though. Hope you're faring better. . . . . . #flu #flutypes #somuchflu #parentingwoes #beingillistheworst #feet #boots #suede #suedeboots #winter #wintersucks #seriously #February #Februarysucks #flooring #brickstagram #brickfloor #leaves
Took a mid-week day off. Such indulgence. #ceilingdesign #ceilinglight #tapasbar #tapasrevolution #grandcentralbirmingham #freelancelife #freelancewriter #freelanceperks #wednesday

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