You’d be forgiven for thinking that life is just a series of trials and tribulations, followed by an inevitable decline and death. And thanks so much for coming. It’s not difficult to find reasons to be despondent – the weather, the recession, climate change, the list goes on. But… let’s not also forget that people …
Month: December 2009
It pays to advertise… but what?
I’ve always been fascinated by advertising. So much so that, in 1983, I even put together my own 3 hour video collection of adverts. Sadly, it didn’t survive the dampness of the front room in our old house (mould ‘r’ us) but I still have fond memories of watching the video avidly, in chunks, while …
Persistence wins out!
As I’ve probably mentioned before, there are few openings for freelance comedy writing. You can craft your sitcom script or sketch show to your heart’s content but without an ‘in’, it will languish on a slush pile or even – as was the case for me – sit with a bonafide TV producer for 9 …
Shakespeare it ain’t
People write for many reasons – burning ambition, money, fame, a stop-and-stare mindboggling idea that won’t go away or even the misguided notion that the actual act of writing will somehow transform one’s life.For the jobbing writer (I believe ‘portfolio writer’ is the latest buzz term), half the battle is often what to do with …
Who’s in charge here?
There comes a point when you’re writing a novel, if you’re lucky, when the characters start to wander off in different directions. Different, that is, from the paths you’ve carefully laid out for them using your Plotter-matic 5000 (or A4 pages taped together). This has happened to me in three books now and always at …