Prof Writing AcademyinApplaudienceWhat does straight-to-Netflix programming mean for screenwriting?Online streaming services have moved the goalposts of TV and film, and with Netflix announcing that it will double its Originals…Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017
Prof Writing AcademyHow to get your documentary story straightThere’s no easier place to get lost in than a cutting room. And I had come into one where the director and the editor were quite a way off…Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017
Prof Writing AcademyWhat story structure and project management have in common (no, really)I was watching Esso’s Sophie’s Story the other day. It’s a fine example of a ‘brand story’ advertising: beautifully shot, with the lightest…Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017
Prof Writing AcademyLia Ditton: rowing the Pacific single-handedly and writing to inspireLia Ditton is the only interesting person I’ve ever met on a plane who I didn’t already know. She took the seat next to mine on a flight…Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017
Prof Writing AcademyEmbrace your Lizard Brain in 2017The lizard brain is the primitive part of our brain responsible for fight, flight, feeding, fear, freezing-up and fornication. For many of…Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017
Prof Writing AcademyRetreating online to write and practice yogaIf writing is the one thing you feel you were put on this planet to do but you don’t know where to start, I’d suggest yoga. And, if you…Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017
Prof Writing AcademyLearn Writing and Yoga OnlineMy Introduction to Yoga for Writers course kicks off tomorrow. Big namaste to the online Professional Writing Academy (PWA) for making it…Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017
Prof Writing AcademyYoga and writing are just the startAs my yoga for writers online course enters its third week, I’m no longer as amazed by the willingness of the people taking part to…Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017
Prof Writing AcademyExpert writing tips from John YorkeQ — How do you go about structuring multiple storylines in a drama? In Into The Woods you mention that in the ER pilot the inciting…Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017
Prof Writing AcademyBusinesses — so you think you understand stories?I’ve been thinking about how stories work most of my life.Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017