UK Scriptwriters

Mentioned in the podcast this month...

Red Planet Prize
Prequel to Cannes
BAFTA guru website

Our new(ish) facebook page
Stephen Fry's interview 
Richard Feynman
Sullivan's Travels by Preston Sturges (in fact from 1941, not the 50s)
Fleabag Monkeyface

Reviewed:
Midnight in Paris
Drive
Arthur Christmas
The Artist
Young Adult
The Descendants
New Girl
Community
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Borgen

The links are in the podcast too if you have a snazzy device that reads them.

Mirroring the Ricky Gervais podcast format this month's episode has Tim as Ricky, Danny as Stephen Merchant and guest star Johnny Griffith as Karl Pilkington. This month...

* Danny gives an update on the Red Planet prize
* We discuss why writers remain in the shadows
* Practical tips to getting more work done

* Red Planet Prize is back!
* Wise words from Jack Thorne
* Joe Cornish and Edgar Wright on doing your research
* Being more visual
* Linda Aronson on new structures
* Hard work always wins

In this dialogue-special podcast:
* Join us at the London Screenwriters Festival
* We talk about dialogue, and share some new ideas
* Things we've enjoyed recently in games, TV and film

Along with the regular competition (courtesy of Industrial Scripts) and silly bits this podcast we focus on agents.

* Do you need an agent?
* What does an agent do for you?
* How do you approach an agent?
* Are you ready?

A one year anniversary for the podcast
Competition Time - courtesy of Industrial Scripts
Writer's Block - is it real?
Script Checklist - what to do before you send out the first draft
Contact Us - ukscriptwriters at hotmail.com

In this episode we go through the mail bag and answer 3 questions. Don't forget you can mail us questions at ukscriptwriters@hotmail.com and find us on twitter @ukscriptwriters

* check out using withoutabox.com for your script competitions entries
* Liquid Lunch
* Hosting a script development day
* Mail bag question 1: using real plays and real people featured in your script
* Mail bag question 2: should you write to a budget?
* Mail bag question 3: writing a pilot; the two ways
* Reviews - a round up of the slick TV genre
* Competition Time

* Listener's Question - 1 page per minute?
* Listener's Question - films festival or online?
* Cannes reflections
* Web series - a route to success
* Reviews - the good wife
* Competition time

* Thanks to Moviescope and IndustrialScripts.co.uk

* News on BBC Writers Academy
* How do get yourself established?
* Is it worth going to Cannes?
* Review of Dr Who
* Tim goes down a Picasso tangent
* Competition time

A special edition of the podcast devoted to the subject of pitching, with special guest Chris Hill (Skins etc). Recorded live at the Southern Script Festival, so the sound is 'on location'!

* Dear Podcast - two emails from listeners; one on Gnomeo and Juliet, the other on "do you need to do research, if so, what kind?"
* Joss Whedon's 10 rules, part 1. Discussing rules 1-5.
* Reviews - online drama Persona and the game trailer for Dead Island.
* Competition - easy question, with faintly racist overtones!

* BAFTA nominations - and how they affect us
* When should you give up writing?
* Chris Ware - the comic book guy reviewed
* Being Human v True Blood
* Competition Time
* How to get in touch

Are formal courses worth doing? What qualifications do you need to be a writer? We discuss:

* NEWS - lots of new opportunities at the moment. Plus Creative England, will it work?
* DISCUSSION - what should you study in order to be a writer?
* COMPETITION - Congrats to Liz Holliday who wins goodies, plus this month's question.
* REVIEWS - The Illusionist and Rare Exports

* PLUS - Merry Christmas and Happy 2011!

Using interviews with fellow writers, who we met at the Screenwriters' Festival, we discuss:

* How should we feel about attending festivals?
* Is genre a good thing?
* Should you plan out your script before you start work?
* Does the biz really want 'good' scripts?

PLUS we talk about "Alice in Wonderland", "A Town called Panic", "Misfits" and "Walking Dead".

AND FINALLY there is a chance for you to win Movie Magic software, DVDs and Moviescope subscriptions in our new competition.

A special 'pro-active' show looking at what writers can do - more than just writing scripts and sending them out.

How to be proactive and control your own career.
Is making a short film a good idea?
How much do shorts cost?
Reviewing "The Event" and "Social Network"
See you at the London Screenwriters Festival.

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