Social media is something I have been looking to reduce substantially since deciding to continue writing my series. Β The hours I must spend mindlessly scrolling my Instagram wall, tweeting crap and seeing what my mates are up to on Facebook must be quite a substantial chunk of the day and time that's better spent being... Continue Reading →
Interview#4…Siege Proquee
Siege Proquee is "Africa's best Film/Television Producer, Director, Scriptwriter, Score maker and Editor" (according to his Facebook page!).Β I posed Siege a few questions about his approach to writing, specifically with TV scripting in mind. How did you become a writer? The whole journey started during the June holidays in 2015 when I completely fell... Continue Reading →
Interview#4…Siege Proquee, Writer
Siege Proquee is "Africa's best Film/Television Producer, Director, Scriptwriter, Score maker and Editor" (according to his Facebook page!). I posed Siege a few questions about his approach to writing, specifically with TV scripting in mind. How did you become a writer? The whole journey started during the June holidays in 2015 when I completely fell... Continue Reading →
Interview#2…David Alton Hedges, Screenwriter #ScorpionKing
David is an award-winning screenwriter (2013 Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for a historical drama screenplay βLegionβ) the script which he kindly sent me to read (I can confirm its terrific!). He also has a film out later this year, The Scorpion King: Book of Souls, starring Zach McGowan, Peter Mensah, Mayling Ng. I think... Continue Reading →
Interview#2…David Alton Hedges
David is an award-winning screenwriter (2013 Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for a historical drama screenplay βLegionβ) the script which he kindly sent me to read (I can confirm its terrific!). He also has a film out later this year, The Scorpion King: Book of Souls, Β starring Zach McGowan, Peter Mensah, Mayling Ng. I think... Continue Reading →
Nailing dialogue
I patiently waited hours to talk to a producer who I had sent my first script to, every now and then a Skype message would pop up 'be another 10 minutes' - well the 10 minutes turned into bloody ages. Β Β My fake smile turned into a grimace and a yawn as we were heading into... Continue Reading →
Post#3… Nailing dialogue
I patiently waited hours to talk to a producer who I had sent my first script to, every now and then a Skype message would pop up 'be another 10 minutes' - well the 10 minutes turned into bloody ages. Β Β My fake smile turned into a grimace and a yawn as we were heading into... Continue Reading →
A writerβs thoughts on remakes
To say I am disillusioned with the Hollywood machine is quite an understatement and I wouldn't care for sending anything I'd written Stateside.Β This may sound awfully pretentious of me (as if they would read anything I had written anyway), but I have my reasons for making such a lofty statement. Why repaint the Mona... Continue Reading →
Post #2β¦A writerβs thoughts on remakes
To say I am disillusioned with the Hollywood machine is quite an understatement and I wouldn't care for sending anything I'd written Stateside.Β This may sound awfully pretentious of me (as if they would read anything I had written anyway), but I have my reasons for making such a lofty statement. Why repaint the Mona... Continue Reading →
Post #1…why I started this project?
To be honest I wish I could answer that myself, this would have saved me a lot of stress, time and sleepless nights BUT something within me is unable to quit this project, its unable to swerve off until all four episodes are written and delivered. A calling? A moment of madness? Who knows, who... Continue Reading →