Blog posts by year and monthSeptember 2007
Posts (6)
Wood For The Trees
I've been tweaking the first draft. Some scenes had to be rearranged, moved about. Others were made longer, some shorter. The dialogue needed to be snappier - I've lost count of how many locations there are - far too many no doubt. My dialogue to action ratio is healthy (see previous post). I'...
Project X
Hello. This is my first entry here, so as new kid on the blog I should probably introduce myself a bit: Hello. My name is Daniel. Hello. I've been working as a full-time writer for four years, writing sitcoms and children's programmes, and last year I wrote my first series I'm With Stupid fo...
Two Damns and a Bloody
I wonder - do I set myself unrealistic goals in order to stop myself becoming complacent? You know, the bit about notching up 10 scenes a day in my last post. But I guess the upside is, only being able to notch up 6 or 7 scenes a day means I wander back into the house a little niggled, eager to ...
Whose Cliff?
Did you notice how I ended my last blog entry? On a Cliff, that's how. As a continuing drama (CD) writer I have learned to embrace the Cliff. Once I get a commission and study the serial material for my episode, this first thing I do is - work out who has the Cliff. When I sit down to watch EE ...
The Fog Of War
If you put in an entry for the Red Planet prize last weekend, you may have received a bounceback. They were unprepared for the number of applications, and their mailbox filled up. Anyway, if you had a problem sending your entry and are worried it didn't get through, you can re-submit it. Deta...
Flying The Academy Nest
What better time to start this blogging lark than the beginning of September. It was September 2006 that I and 7 other writers became the 2nd clutch of newbies on the 主播大秀 Writers Academy. Class of 2007 will begin their own special journey very soon - but no more for me, the Elstree Canteen food,...