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I have been fighting – rather feebly – a bad cold all week. It has left me a little whacked – and a little frustrated. What to write about when your every thought has been devoted to sleep, or [...]

My mother didn’t allow us to use the word “bored”. She said there was always something to do, or think about. We could read, climb a tree, watch insects or simply sit thinking and day-dreaming. [...]

We don’t allow ourselves enough time to be bored. The modern world encourages us to fill every moment – and our phones encourage this. If you’re standing in a queue, it’s important that you don’t [...]

‘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; that ideas can be [...]