Ben EllisA 13-week recipe for writing your playIn the world of novel writing, NaNoWriMo has just buzzed along, with thousands of people having written 50000 word drafts of novels in…Nov 14, 2017Nov 14, 2017
Ben EllisWhy do your characters sound alike? 3 solutions for playwrightsOne of the most common concerns among playwrights with a play between drafts is their characters sound too alike.Oct 31, 2017Oct 31, 2017
Ben EllisAnswers about Falling PetalsFalling Petals is easily my most produced play, and the experience of writing it as well as of the furore around its initial production at…Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2017
Ben EllisYou’re Being Annoying, PlaywrightBack in my uni days, I once said to an English lecturer that I had a great idea for a story but that I just hadn’t finished it yet.Oct 17, 2017Oct 17, 2017
Ben Ellis5 Things I Learned from Andrew Bovell’s Putting Words in Their MouthsAndrew Bovell’s Platform Paper, Putting Words in their Mouths: the playwright and screenwriter at work, was published in August this year…Oct 10, 2017Oct 10, 2017
Ben EllisGetting your worst ideas out of the way (a few thoughts #9)Between writing projects, sometimes I feel as if I will never write another thing. Or I come up with one idea, get absolutely excited about…Oct 3, 2017Oct 3, 2017
Ben EllisComparing Trees to PlaysWandering around what is now my local park has got me thinking about how our environments might shape our attitudes to the most basic of…Sep 26, 2017Sep 26, 2017
Ben EllisThree Easy Ways to Improve Your PlaywritingOkay, there’s no easy way to improve apart from working at writing drama, but I’ll give you a few practical ideas in this post.Sep 19, 2017Sep 19, 2017
Ben EllisKill Your Exposition, then Hide the BodyPlaywrights who have taken any of my classes in the last two years may have this commandment scribbled somewhere on a notepad:Sep 12, 2017Sep 12, 2017
Ben EllisThere Be Dragons in Writing PlaysId, Ego, Superego and Real, Imaginary, Symbolic -wannabe Zizek-inspired post alert…Sep 5, 2017Sep 5, 2017