Posts Tagged with ‘TV drama’
Belgravia with batons: Philharmonia, love or hate it?
19 Jun 2020PHILHARMONIA, LOVE OR HATE? There’s a new argument dividing our household? Forget Brexit, Trump or whether social distancing is a…
Why most people are crap at persuading
22 May 2020This message was intended solely for writers and film-makers, until I realised that pitching and persuading is something that everyone…
What makes good writing great?
06 Jun 2019What makes good writing great? What sorts the Austens from the Dan Browns? The Truffauts from the Ed Woods? It’s…
Ukraine elected a comedian president – so what do politicians think of voters?
24 Apr 2019Last Sunday, the voters of Ukraine elected a comedian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy won the election despite having zero experience of…
Review: Writing for TV: Series, Serials and Soaps
06 Aug 2014This excellent book on Writing for TV by Yvonne Grace has already taken up a permanent place on my bookshelf.…
Amber ending: How they could have broken the rules and succeeded
04 Jul 2014Were you made red with range over the ending of the often excellent mini-series Amber – or did you feel it was…
Four simple steps for writing a gripping treatment
06 Feb 2013Do you find it difficult to structure a treatment so that it grips the reader as strongly as the full…
Treatment writing tip: It’s not how much, it’s how little!
04 Feb 2013OK, let’s face it, it can be tough writing a good treatment, cramming all the important events in a 99-120…
How long should your treatment be?
25 Aug 2011I've been running my Exciting Treatments workshop for over ten years now, and one of the first questions I'm asked is alway, How long is a treatment supposed to be?
Want to enjoy writing treatments – find your voice
04 Feb 2011It's true screenplays don't offer a great variety of style or voice - but that doesn't apply to treatments, synopses and outlines. There are far fewer style rules for such outlines of your story.
