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Archive for the ‘Breaking The Rules’ Category

  • Breaking bad? Review of Graham Greene’s Travels with My Aunt

    30 Oct 2020

    REVIEW: TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT I’m very into re-reading at the moment (if you’re interested there’s a great article on…

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  • What makes good writing great?

    06 Jun 2019

    What makes good writing great? What sorts the Austens from the Dan Browns? The Truffauts from the Ed Woods? It’s…

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  • Till the trumpets crack – going beyond

    11 May 2019

    Till the trumpets crack – going beyond In the second movement of Beethoven’s masterful symphony the ‘Eroica’ the music takes…

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  • The two myths about keeping and breaking the rules

    29 Aug 2018

    There are two myths that go around about keeping and breaking the rules. I’m not only talking about writing –…

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  • How not to write a dark story – The Judge

    05 Dec 2014

    The new Robert Downey Jnr, Robert Duvall movie The Judge brilliantly shows how to write a dark story of bitter relationships. Unfortunately,…

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  • Review: Straight White Male

    10 Oct 2014

    Straight White Male by John Niven My rating: 4 of 5 stars How do you succeed in creating a difficult…

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  • Amber ending: How they could have broken the rules and succeeded

    04 Jul 2014

    Were you made red with range over the ending of the often excellent mini-series Amber – or did you feel it was…

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  • 3 Ways to Make Sure Your Script Stands Out

    09 Jan 2013

    Despite what most writers think, most scripts fail to sell not because they are too different, but because they are…

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  • New Year’s Resolution: Break a Rule

    07 Jan 2013

    I’m a great believer in resolutions – New Year and otherwise. Even if they only last a few days as…

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  • Why sometimes you have to write a bad scene

    20 Apr 2012

    This may sound strange, but did you know that writing a good scene may not be right for your script…

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