Professional script advice from a working screenwriter.
It’s going to be a short and sweet entry into the Writing Journal this week, as there’s lots to do and very little time to do it in! There’s a final podcast to edit together, ten hours of book edits to squeeze in, and some final summer hurrahs to be had. Izzy whizzy, let’s get … Continue reading The Writing Journal #44
What are you having for dinner this evening? Whatever you go for, I hope the preparation is less perilous than it is for Poor Uncle Dave… A brand-new episode of the Poor Uncle Dave BookCast – Poor Uncle Dave Makes Dinner – is now available to download and listen to. In this episode, Emma and … Continue reading Poor Uncle Dave Makes Dinner
This time last year I was living it up in Florida at both Disney World and Universal – my dream of a holiday in places that I absolutely adore. This summer, I’m riding a slightly different rollercoaster in producing a podcast; a relentless cycle of edits and promotion that has been a whole heap of … Continue reading The Writing Journal #43
It might be a wet and miserable day in this traditional British Summer, but that’s not going to stop us going to the seaside… The brand-new episode of Poor Uncle Dave – Poor Uncle Dave Goes to the Seaside – is now live for listening on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & Buzzsprout. In this episode, the … Continue reading Poor Uncle Dave Goes to the Seaside
“Writing a feature film is a marathon, not a sprint.” These are just some of the many useful words of advice my wonderful script development tutor gave me while I was at film school, and it is a message I have carried with me throughout the years since. They are a soothing, calming mantra during … Continue reading The Writing Journal #42
What do you do when your childhood team is playing in the Football Cup Final for the first time in their history, but it happens to coincide with a tea party that your nieces have put a lot of effort into? It’s a tricky dilemma for sure, but thankfully Poor Uncle Dave is here to … Continue reading Poor Uncle Dave Goes to a Tea Party
Holiday season may well be in full swing for some, but here at Stevenson Towers it has been a relentless few weeks across a number of work projects. The podcast and the novel have dominated most of my time, but there have also been the first tentative steps back towards film production starting to be … Continue reading The Writing Journal #41
