author & screenwriter
It’s 2016. A new year. A bookmark, a new chapter of your life. This time is when lots of resolutions are made, mantras created, positivity abounds. It’s a good time of year to create goals (not deadlines) for the things that you want to achieve throughout the year. It’s also a great time to reflect …
On the surface, movies all have a similar structure. Regardless of whether you use three act structure, five act structure, ‘Save the Cat’, ‘The Hero’s Journey’ – it could be argued that it’s all different names for the same formula. People understanding the elements of the same concept in different ways. No particular way is …
Writing is like any skill or hobby – you need to learn a lot before you get good. Sure, you can have natural talent, but it takes more than talent to create a prolific output of work. And as things change, your writing changes. As you grow as a person, your writing will grow …
When I was living in London, I used to catch the Tube to work. Everyone did, and often I’d bump into my work colleagues either on the train or as we got off at the station and walked to the office together. There was an editor who worked in our office for a few months …
It might seem an odd question. ‘How important is the script?’ But more and more I’m seeing and hearing stories about times when changes are being made to the script on the fly, only for it to end up in the editing room and, suddenly, the story makes no sense. The answer is: ‘It depends’. …
February 2011, I was living in London and I’d fallen into a job working at a documentary production company called Mark Stewart Productions. I’m still of the opinion that it was one of those divine intervention moments – I sent off my CV to the company on Tuesday, got an interview on the Wednesday, had a second …
Thanks to the advent of Netflix in Australia (finally), I can once again legally watch all of the television shows and movies I want. Having Netflix whilst I was living in the UK, then moving back to Australia and surviving without it for the last two years, it now makes me appreciate it even more. …
On this day, the auspicious day of 6th August, 2015, this day is the day I launch back into blogging about writing, filmmaking and all other kinds of things that fall around those banners. As you may have noticed, if you’ve visited my website before, we’ve had a bit of a facelift. The wonderful, talented …
Hi there! Welcome to my website. I haven’t had the opportunity to blog on this for awhile, however I do think that some of the posts about the short filmmaking process and screenwriting thoughts hold true. So please feel free to rifle through the archives and find what information you will. I do still offer …
Everyone writes differently. There are definitely no right or wrong ways to get words down on the page – there are certain standards and formats that you can use to your advantage, to present yourself as knowledgable and professional. The most important thing you can do is figure out what works for you – then …