The Genre That Dare Not Speak Its Name – Review: Capital
Capital by John LanchesterMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Satire is the genre that dare not speak its name in British publishing right now, but it could hardly be more needed than it is today.…
Review: Rivers of London
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch My rating: 5 of 5 stars Just came across this lovely off-beat fantasy crime novel, thanks to a friend of my wife’s. It starts with a bang one freezing…
Launch Party: The fatal flaws of screenwriting, and free drinks
If you’re near London on Thursday November 27th, you’re invited to join me for free at the party to launch my new book Teach Yourself: Complete Screenwriting Course. Fatal screenwriting flaws and breaking the rules I’ll…
Review: Killers in mascara
Killers in mascara by Huw Collingbourne My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m in the middle of this unusually entertaining crime novel and really enjoying myself. Collingbourne has created a great off-beat detective, with a…
Review: Straight White Male
Straight White Male by John Niven My rating: 4 of 5 stars How do you succeed in creating a difficult central character, indeed a quite obnoxious one, and yet persuade your readers to fall in…
Review: Twelve Curious Deaths in France
Twelve Curious Deaths in France by John Goldsmith My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is an intriguing book filled with a wide variety of stories all, as the title says, centring around someone dying…
Review: Writing for TV: Series, Serials and Soaps
This excellent book on Writing for TV by Yvonne Grace has already taken up a permanent place on my bookshelf. Let me declare first that I’ve met Yvonne twice in the real world, and many…
Can we learn from Bono quote on imagination?
The other day I came across a Bono quote that made me stop and think. I’d been looking for material to help research my next novel, which happens to feature a politicised rock star, and I stumbled on…
Utter Folly by Paul Bassett Davies – review
I was expecting great things from Utter Folly and I wasn’t disappointed. Great energetic fun.
Bye Ray
Sad departure of Ray Bradbury. He who should always be revered, not least for standing up for the value of books and writing. Read about his advice to a young would-be writer – A man…
How to be a screenwriting success – Not just 10,000 hours part 2
All great artists – writers, film-makers, musicians, etc – think outside the box. They learn the rules, and then they learn to master them and break them. They break them so effectively that they make new rules for others to keep.
Tips from Linda Aronson
It was great seeing so many people last night at Euroscript for the conversation I had with Linda Aronson (writer and guru!) – she was in good form and full of useful advice on all…
The 21st Century Screenplay
One of my all-time favourite screenwriting books has been Linda Aronson’s Screenwriting Updated – and now she’s updated it! The 21st Century Screenplay adds 50% more. The breadth is enormous – from the psychology of…
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