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Andrew Sherwood is a dead man. The last time forensic psychologist Marge Labuschagne saw him, alive, was a fraught confrontation in the benign setting of a neighbourhood fair. The scene […]

Our new blog series, The Hidden Secrets of Writing, will, we hope, inspire you. In this series, we showcase the books – there are over 50 of them – which have been published by past participants [...]

Fifteen years ago, I idly said to my friend, Richard (probably over a glass of wine), “You know what, we should start doing something together – something that uses both […]

Is it only me? Like Douglas Adams’ deadlines, this year seems to have left no impression but a faint whooshing sound as it flew by over my head.   Some of […]

Newsletter – or muse-letter? A little bit of both this month because what it really is, is me trying to reassume my old position on the saddle, pick up the […]

Hello writers Jo-Anne has been having a wild time on our Writing Safari in Zimbabwe, Richard has been recovering from a difficult but amusing time in hospital with cellulitis, so […]

Michéle Rowe, who designed and runs our ‘Screenwriting Crash Course’ course with Richard Beynon, has followed her passion for story telling from television to film to crime writing. [...]

This month we’re going to stand up for the bad guy. Not only will our new competition back him, but we thought it worth giving a little thought to the […]

Part two of our Q&A with Michéle Rowe, who designed and runs our ‘How to Write a Screenplay’ course with Richard Beynon. Michéle has followed her passion for story telling from television to [...]

We are a nation of extraordinary stories, and producers and content providers are always looking for good, skilled writers to craft these into the medium of film. The question is […]