What we can learn from comedy writing royalty: Galton and Simpson
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Dylan Moran: on Writing Comedy
"I don't analyse it too much, otherwise I'd freeze up and fall over, like a fridge". Interviewed at the Edinburgh Festival, on BBC Radio 5 Live, this is sparkling, fascinating, honest talk on political power, the world, the universe and writing comedy. The interviewer, Nihal Arthanayake, talks to him about how he goes about writing …
Tips for writing good poetry – Andrew Motion
Poet Andrew Motion's tips on writing better poetry
6 tips for Writing Comedy from Script Editor
These tips for writing comedy come from Andrew Ellard, an English comedy writer and script editor who has worked on hugely popular British TV sitcoms such as "Red Dwarf" and "The IT crowd". In the video below, he's giving advice about writing sitcom - but much of what he says will help us writing comedy …
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14 tips for new TV comedy/drama writers
The tone of this seminar at Xponorth2017 was very positive - some advice specifically for Scotland but generally useful for UK writers. Main advice for new writers: Look at the website BBC Writersroom for writing opportunities in BBC but also theatres When there's an open call for submissions, send in your scripts. Keep sending them …
THE chocolate cake with cigarrillos
From the moment I watched “Baking is Easy” It could only be a matter of time till I attempted to bake the lavish chocolate cake piled with raspberries and framed with cigarrilloes.... it looked wildly impressive, frivolous and colourful, had expensive ingredients, was unusual, involved multiple stages of making, and was well outside my range …
Songwriter – Carly Simon
Just watched a BBC documentary on the making of the album "No Secrets" - which includes the song "You're so vain". Absorbing. We get to hear from the producer, bassist, sound engineer, drummer, lead guitarist, her manager and most of all Carly herself. What were her inspirations for her songs? What was it like …
I’m on the Riviera…..
with film star Richard E Grant. And the painter Matisse. And a BBC camera crew. As you've probably guessed, I am watching a BBC Arts documentary - "The Riviera: a history in pictures". (We have only seen episode 1. For UK viewers, episode 2 is on Monday at 9 pm, BBC4). http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01ps9jr/the-riviera-a-history-in-pictures-1-painting-paradise Joyfully, our …
Paying a visit to Jane Austen GU34 1SD
Jane Austen's House Museum is the only home in which the writer lived, which is open to the public. Here, she spent the last eight years of her life, revising earlier manuscripts, writing new works. This is the 200th anniversary of Jane's death, and so there are many special events on offer. These include an exhibition …
Comedy writing – ways in (UK)
When you aspire to be a writer, the person you really want to hear from, is someone who has been in your shoes, but managed to strong-arm open the door of opportunity and is now paid to do what you'd love to do. (Although I suppose it would also be fun to hear from a …
