Behind the Headlines: From Britain to Hollywood (and back)
All my life I’ve been telling stories. At first, I made up stories to get out of boring homework, or playing sports at school… and almost got myself expelled. Then, I found that in fiction…
How to express yourself without killing your screenwriting career
There’s a phrase that’s popular among writing courses at the moment – we’re all expected to “express ourselves”. Self-expression is the thing. And it certainly is, if you want to kill your career stone dead.…
Recycling Oscars is a CROC
Let’s all join CROC, the Challenge to Recycle the Oscar Campaign by Paul Bassett Davies. The plan is to limit the number of Oscars in circulation. If a previous award-winner makes a really atrocious film,…