Can porn be art? How do you write sex and do it well?
The Shunga exhibition of Japanese pornography made me ask if porn can be art – and if so, how do you write a good sex scene? Then the answer hit me.
How to make your script editor-friendly
A big welcome to experienced producer, script-editor and writer Yvonne Grace, who drops in from Scriptadvice.com to talk about the best way to work with a script editor. I am often asked by my writers…
9 steps to writing dialogue with rich subtext
9 ways to get your subtext muscle working for readable, rich dialogue
A Clever, Sneaky Way To Hide Exposition
The ability to handle exposition really sorts the professionals from the wannabes, and I’m going to share one of my top exposition techniques with you here.
Write as a Professional
I’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?
Wave Your Wooden Leg
Here’s a screenwriting tip that will make your life so much easier. And before I get to it, just a word about difficulty. Many screenwriting books seem to want to make screenwriting hard – and…
Deep Language – Free Tip
In screenwriting we don’t talk much about language. Yet, once these have been sorted, what do we have to work with other than words? We need to understand how language works at its deepest levels – for it is these that profoundly affect the way we hear and understand – these deep structures can either create the strongest emotional effects… or ruin them!