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There’s writing screenplays, and there’s being a screenwriter.
The difference is that anybody can write a screenplay. I learnt my craft by writing dozens of them. However, they never went anywhere because they were rife with errors and not in any way industry friendly.
Being a screenwriter is more about the art of knowing who you are writing for and having a clear, concise, realistic plan of how you intend to get it to them. The difference …
Before you say anything, I don’t personally believe there is a definitive list of 10 simple tricks to make you write the next best-selling book or blockbuster hit.
So much goes into every book and screenplay that each finished story is invariably unique in some way, so you can never escape the fact that the hard work and determination needed to write a great story has to come entirely from the writer.
However, I’ve been in the industry long enough now to have …
Breaking Bad is one of the most captivating television series’ in recent memory, and when it came to an end I felt the urge to analyse what had made it such a rip-roaring success.
To me, the show is no Six Feet Under, which stirred every human emotion imaginable and delivered the type of poetic ending that won it a place at the summit of television. Nor is it on the same level as The Wire, for …