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View ArticleThe Moments Method
By Shaffique Jamal If you’re looking for a list of page numbers or beats, there are many books/websites/podcasts to choose from, you’ll find the thing(s) that work for you. I’ll be keeping it simple;...
View ArticleThe Secret Life Of A Group Writer
(By Shaffique Jamal) Sitting at my desk I think I can hear the sea, no, it’s just internal white noise. Bored, mundane, The Day Job. – SUDDENLY – an unfamiliar alert tone, adrenalin releases, heartbeat...
View ArticleDates For Your Calendar – August 2014 Edition
Date Event Notes August 15th LSF – Actor’s Table Reads Submissions Open LSF 2014 delegates only August 15th LSF – Advanced Mentoring Script Labs Submissions Open LSF 2014 delegates only August 21st...
View ArticleWhat is Project X?
At the Writer’s Retreat, Andrew mooted the idea of writing a TV episode collaboratively, from the ground up, and then filming it. The idea would be to approach the whole thing collaboratively. We would...
View ArticleDates For Your Calendar – September 2014 Edition
Date Event Notes September 1st Bluecat Screenwriting Competition Early Deadline Features and short films September 1st LSF – Legal Clinic Open for submissions LSF 2014 delegates only September 1st...
View ArticleDates For Your Calendar – October 2014 Edition
Date Event Notes October 6th Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition Late Deadline Features, TV pilots and short films October 6th Rocliffe Deadline Feature films October 9th London Writers’ Circle XXV...
View ArticleLetter To A New Writer
By Shaffique Jamal On welcoming new additions into the writers’ group this week, I heard some questions, questions that I had when I began screenwriting. Where to start? You want to know the facts...
View ArticleThe Omission
By Shaffique Jamal In my last post I spoke to the new writer starting their first draft, in this post I’ll be talking about the inevitable rewrite. So you finished, you have a first draft; mazel tov....
View ArticleAlternate Thursdays
Time has this rather annoying habit of staying out of reach, like a mirage on the horizon; it’s only February but for those of going, there are only 8 months left before the next LSF, that’s only...
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