I practice something that I pretentiously call “method writing”.If I know I’m going to write an action sequence, I’ll excite myself (no sniggering at the back). If I’m writing something filled with pathos and poignancy, as I currently am, I get myself in that mood. The way I do that is my iPod. If I’m [...]
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A Glimpse of the Future?
I had a dream of my perfect life last night. Just a glimpse. In it, I woke, had breakfast with my kids and took them to school/playgroup. I then stopped off at a small non-corporate coffee shop by my house and then went to a small office where I spent the morning writing. Bliss. Then [...]
Our Survey Says…?
You’ll continue to be pleased, I hope, that the pilot episode of “Four Horsemen” is progressing along nicely. I’m working on the beat sheet and it has a beginning, a middle and an end. There are character and story arcs forming and quite a good joke about V.D. in the Middle Ages. But, the real [...]
Screenwriters’ Diary Update
You’ll be pleased to know that I sat down last night and wrote the first scene of “Four Horsemen”. Then watched “Battlestar Galactica”, sulked over how my writing isn’t as good and then re-wrote it. But, anyway, like the fabled Ferrero Rocher ambassador (which country was he actually ambassador for?), the screen agencies are spoiling [...]
Best. Letter. Ever.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/4344890/Virgin-the-worlds-best-passenger-complaint-letter.html
Is It Just Me…
…Or is this the most niche episode of “Jeremy Kyle” ever?
Previously on "The Procrastination Station"…
…I mentioned that I believed the quality of a Bond theme tune was inversely proportional to the quality of the actual film. As you can see, I have displayed this theory in a graph and so it is now a FACT. In order to compile these results, I listened to every Bond theme and watched [...]
X-Men: The Last Straw
Which will be forever known as “Two Hours of My Life I’m Never Having Back”. I could sit here for hours writing about the plot holes, characters disappearing and re-appearing, not enough Rogue in leather and the massive problem with the whole premise of the film. And WTF is going on with Sir Ian McKellan’s [...]
Soda Pictures: Building Audiences Online
If you’re anything like me, you’re the internet’s bitch. Look at you, snuggled up to it’s bosom RIGHT NOW. You’ll probably be off to look at some pictures of cats after reading this, when you should be doing some work or using words like “synergistic”. But, don’t worry. The internet loves you back. It wants [...]
A Nice Talk in Manchester
Good morning. It’s Friday. Woo! – And Indeed – Yay! Here’s a little something for those of you Oop North. I attended a talk about distribution from the head of Sony last year. Learning about demographics and how cinemas decide on what films to show was very interesting from a screenwriter’s perspective. And there were [...]
