Writing Secrets: What does your character do in his spare time?
What books does your character read, if any? We all know, or we should, that one of the most crucial parts of writing fiction involves developing your characters. Build them, […]
Monday Motivation: Marathon running and the joy of writing
Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya stands on the brink of an athletic breakthrough that many thought could never be achieved. In the Berlin marathon in September, he set a new world […]
Crash course to screenwriting excellence starts soon
On 1 November our new crash course in Screenwriting for film and television gets under way. It matches your curiosity about the visual media with a handful of key skills […]
Daydream your way to great ideas for your movie
‘Where do you get your ideas?’ is one of the most frequently asked questions on our screenwriting course. Aspiring writers hope to be told that there is a magic formula; […]
Writing Secrets: It’s not about you, it’s about your character
How do you feel about large forests in rural Sweden? Or deserts, for that matter, or large cities? Actually, I really don’t care what you, the writer, feel about any […]
Monday Motivation: The many masks that writers wear
For 40 years the New York artist Cindy Sherman has been photographing herself in a huge variety of disguises, playing a remarkable number of dramatic roles, pretending to be, oh, […]
A debate on finding your writing voice
Over the time Michele Rowe and I, Richard Beynon, developed our new Screenwriting Crash Course, we often discussed the questions being raised in the various modules of the course – […]
Writing Secrets: Craft shouldn’t interrupt the flow
Every now and again, we come across people who are hesitant about learning the craft, thinking that it will interfere with their joy in writing. It will make them feel […]
October Newsletter: Never mind your situation – find a way to write
No matter where you are or what your circumstances, you can find a way to write. It can seem daunting at times, and that’s where we come in. We undertake […]
Monday Motivation: Embrace it: you’re a sadist and a masochist
I bet you’re a kind and compassionate person. You might not be an animal lover, but you’d never be wantonly cruel to a mutt. You don’t taunt homeless people as […]
Announcing the winners of the August/September Writing Challenge…
Cliffhangers are tricky things. They’re not quite climaxes because they have to withhold some vital outcome. So if your crew of bomb disposal experts are gathered round a ticking […]
A rare writing weekend: A poem from All About Writing alumnus Sue Lesser
Our Stow-on-the-Wold weekend writing workshop was, as Sue Lesser’s poem conveys, a rare weekend indeed. A Rare Weekend A wondrous weekend, Bordering dreamlike… After tiring drive, [...]
