Archive for the ‘Psychology’ Category
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Write as a Professional
17 May 2011I'm busy planning the Euroscript Professional Screenwriting Mini-Summer School (June 24-26), which is devoted to helping TV and cinema screenwriters develop their skills to a higher professional level - and I've been asking myself: what is it that makes the difference between a professional script and one that isn't?
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Modelling for Writers (not like Naomi Campbell)
15 Mar 2011Few books on writing ever deal with the mental game of writing, but getting your mental game right is crucial. Today's post gives you one of the most powerful and far-reaching tools I've discovered for getting better at anything.
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Nothing beats the lessons of production
11 Mar 2011You can’t beat what you learn when your script actually goes in front of the camera. Check out Tom Williams’…
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Multitasking
23 Feb 2011Newspapers tell us that women are better at it than men. Men tell us they are just as good really. Neurologists tell us that there's no such thing - is multitasking the answer to our creative problems?
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Writers’ Resolutions
30 Dec 2010Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? To start that script? Or finish it? To start selling the novel you…
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Planning to write over the holidays? Here’s a Christmas tip.
22 Dec 2010Many writers put aside time to write over the holidays. It can be a great idea, and it can also…
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Writer’s Voice
21 Dec 2010Thank you for visiting. This post has now been deleted, but you can read many other articles on writing, reading,…
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Ways to be a Great Writer: #3
14 Dec 2010Today we have an attribute that I didn’t recognise for a long time. When great artists of all kinds are…
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Ways to be a Great Writer: #2
22 Nov 2010No writer can survive without it. It's that crucial device that sits just between your ears and tells you when you're coming up with crap.
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How to be a screenwriting success – Not just 10,000 hours part 2
15 Nov 2010All 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.
