Some rather exciting news!
INFLUENCED, a film I wrote on last year is going to be shooting at the beginning of next year in UK and Italy! The team made it to front page of Variety! Big excited! ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐คฉ๐คฉ๐คฉ
Iโm curiousโฆ
How many writers/creatives feel strongly that being based outside of London has had a negative impact on their career development?
Tell me!
I never reported my abuser. For a number of complex reasons, personal to me. Certainly not because Iโm weak or because thereโs a question about what happened.
Donโt blame girls for not reporting immediately or even ever because you just donโt know what their situation is. X
Love sharing the highs of being a writer but equally I think itโs important to share the lows.
Shout out to everyone going through the โIโm not good enoughโ comparison phase of the journey. This is where Iโm at and itโs the pits!
#WritingCommunity
I have some pretty great news...
I canโt tell you how happy I am to share that today I signed with
@BFLAgency
and am now represented by
@MinghellaLouisa
๐๐พ
I am ridiculously excited!!
Cricket mad Fin gutted not to be playing at
@SomersetCCC
tomorrow because heโs got covidโฆheโs normally full of beans and he LOVES his cricket. But heโs so down right now ๐ข
Could any cricket fans or players give him a boost by sending a message please?
@wsmcricketclub
#cricket
A little ๐งต
Iโve had a few conversations recently with fellow writers, development execs and industry pros and itโs trueโฆitโs TOUGH AF out there right now. Itโs slow, people are cautious.
What can we do? In my opinion the only thing we can do is go back to the writing. ๐๐ป
Hey fellow screenwriters ๐๐ป
I just want to remind you that although you may have been rejected from this thing, it does not have ANY bearing on your unique & beautiful talents as a writer.
They didnโt hate it.
You are not a shit writer.
You donโt have to do something else.
Hey, Writer
Yeah you!
Just passing on a bit of advice/wisdom/encouragement Iโve just received because I REALLY needed it
Here ya go:
Youโre doing it! Youโre a writer. You write. You email. You edit. You hustle. You learn. You create worlds & characters.
Youโre. Doing. It.
Rejection.
It hurts. I'll tell you why...
It's because, even though we are writers & we like to self deprecate, we have hope.
Oh, that little ray of hope. Because this could be the one right?! It's a great script and this could be the time!
Then it isnt. ๐
๐๐ป This is pretty much all I write!!!
Iโm bursting with TV projects featuring women over 45 and they are FRONT AND CENTRE!!
Weโre HERE!!! ๐๐ป
Actors call for better onscreen representation of women over 45 | Entertainment TV | The Guardian
Did it ๐๐ป
Honestly, my first time applying for something like thisโฆ.
Never felt confident enough to put myself out there for competitions etc. I do now. ๐ช๐ป
Holy smokes.
Iโve finished it. Itโs a hot mess right now but the first episode of my female led WW1 drama (based on a true story mind) is DONE!
Itโs on the page therefore it exists.
On to the edit tomorrow!
Had some feedback on a script today from a writer friend I hold in very high regard.๐ฅฐ
Itโs given me a nice confidence boost just when I needed it. I was starting to go down that โwhat am I doing?โ roadโฆ but itโs turned my frown upside down!
Peer feedback is so important!
Had some hideous news this morning. The kind that makes you angry with the world, then incredibly sad.
Hug your people & tell them you love them.
Every day.
Loving & being loved is a treasure. Never be embarrassed to tell people you love them.
I love YOU!
Never ever JUST a cat. Part of our family for nearly twenty years. But, it was time to say goodbye today.
Thanks for being a complete legend Geoffrey Trevaskus. Just when I thought I wasnโt a cat person you came along and stole my heart.
weโve married for FOURTEEN years today!
(I know itโs hard to believe seeing as Iโm in my still in my early thirties ๐)
I donโt think thereโs anyone left in the sweepstake now
@fin_father
We won! We really did. ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ
I was hit by a massive wave of grief this morningโฆitโs taken me a few days to figure it out.
I checked the dates, not my period, no arguments with anyone at home.
Then BOOM. There it is. Dads been gone ten years this week and my baby would have been three on Wednesday.
Had an idea in the middle of the night, my sleepy brain plotted it, got a title and a log lineโฆdidnโt write it down.
But guess what?!? Iโve just remembered it! Yes! ๐๐ป
#writerslife
#WritingCommunity
#pipelinewritersuk
Do ya know when youโre like, this is it. This is my happy place and these are my people?
Thanks so much to everybody who came to our
@uk_scribe
Summer meet up. I love every single one of ya. ๐ฅฐ
Baby Loss Awareness Week - it always lands around Fins birthday - he's 10 this year.
His brothers and sisters who weren't born would be 12, 11 and 3.
I am a Mum of four, it's just that I have one of them with me.
Let's talk more about this. Keep the conversation going...โค๏ธ
I know I go on about the
@uk_scribe
community like ALL THE TIME but itโs for good reason!
Never have I felt more myself than with these ScreenwritersโฆI feel accepted, supported and encouraged by them all on a daily basis. They inspire me and Iโm so grateful for this space. ๐๐ป
Whenever Iโm struggling with The Writer Life, with the Industry, with rejections, writers doubt, the feeling of impending doomโฆI always come back to this: Go back to the writing.
Got to put all that shit away for a bit and concentrate on the writing.
Every. Single. Time.
Ended the week by signing a nice contract and a great day researching a new thing at the Bristol archives.
Writing Mojo well and truly back in the room. ๐ฎโ๐จ
๐ Record Breaking ๐
We hit a record last Monday with TWENTY writers in the
@uk_scribe
Writing Room - it's great to see so many faces and lovely to think that these rooms have become part of peoples weekly writing routines. Love it!
You can join us next week if you fancy! x
Had an idea for a four parter in my dozy sleep this morningโฆOne of those that comes out pretty much fully formed.. and guess what!!?
Iโve remembered it! Writing it down now just in caseโฆ
On this
#BabyLossAwarenessWeek
Iโm remembering my three lost babies.
There isnโt a day that goes by that I donโt think about them. I guess theyโre with me somehow. In my thoughts, wondering what could have been.
We go on, we plough through but this is my time to just wonder.
Something happened to me four years ago that taught me a harsh truth about the TV industry and the people in it.
My confidence took a massive hit & I had to let go of something Iโd worked so hard for and somebody who let me down massively.
Today my faith has been resorted 1)
Going HOME! Blue lights on the inside of the ambulance ๐
Weโve got all the gear as well: crutches, a zimmer, and we get his wheelchair tomorrow.
Bed. Food. Shower. Beer. Telly. For me.
Thank you wonderful people at Bristol Childrenโs Hospital for looking after our boy๐
Guess what I was thinking about at 4.10am this morning...
EVERYTHING.
Everything I've ever said and done, ever. Plus for an added bit of anxiety, everything I may ever possibly say or do ever. Every. Single. Scenario.
Brilliant! ๐
@liaml4893
@ShaneWarne
So sad! I have a cricket mad nine year old to tell when he comes back from school in a minuteโฆthis was us last year ๐ Heโs a leg spinner too
Rejection central this week plus being in the depths of a cold/flu bug thatโs been a bugger to shift and feeling really quite lowโฆthen this morning my brother in law sends these and I realise everything is going to be ok. ๐ฅฐ
I feel like I fell asleep in Winter & woke up in Spring!
I noticed on my teeny tiny walk to my office from my house that even the birds sound louder as if they were celebrating something.
Right, Iโve got loads to catch up on so Iโm going to start writing
Hi everyone! Iโm back
Bloody hell...I love writing today!
Sometimes it just flows and when it does it's like nothing else.
If you're not there (me the whole of November), you'll get there - you will!
Keep going. Keep writing.
I'm totally buzzing at the moment with projects here and there - I feel like the frustrations of last year and well and truly in the bin and for the first time in a LONG time I feel positive and confident in what I'm doing.
Feels good and very welcome indeed.
Look who I met today IN REAL LIFE!!! Lush chat and coffee overlooking the delights of Weston Super Mare beach this morning. Made my day ๐คฉ
@jamescapel
#scribeloungewriters
Rejection central today in my beautiful talented writing circle. I got two today as well,itโs never all roses ya know.
We work hard, we get better, we share, we connect, we write. Itโs what we were meant to do!
Keep going though, keep writing.
#WritingCommunity
#writerslife
You know when you read through something you wrote a while back and you're like "did I really write that?" but in a good way?!
#screenwriting
#screenwriter
Just finished another read through and pleasantly surprised and happy with second draft of Ep Oneโฆwell done past Amy!
Wrote with confidence, and I think that was the revelation ๐คฉ
Onwards!
Clearing out my new office space at home and found my Dads wallet.
It hasnโt seen the light of day for around 8 years Iโd say. Still has his ID photo in it.
Hurts my heart that heโs not here. I miss him. Ouch. ๐ข
#grief
My heart. โค๏ธ
He wonโt hold my hand when we cross the road and he doesnโt โdoโ story time anymore and he generally he doesnโt want me to be around him when his mates are aboutโฆbut then Iโm his world soโฆโค๏ธ
Not boobs or a bum (thatโs my boy)
The rollercoaster of writer life. Highs and lows that Iโm happy to share with you butโฆHaving a huge wobbly writer moment. You know the ones?
I know it will pass! You get it too, right? Hate imposter syndrome ๐ฉ
Had a dream about my Dad last night. In my dream he was alive and talking and walkingโฆwhen I woke up he was so fresh in my mind the fact that heโs still gone was a huge surprise.
Heโs been gone 9 years and itโs still completely unbelievable.
It was lovely to see him though.
We writers put so much pressure on ourselves to make all our ideas perfect - must send out perfectly beautiful, all-the-answers-included document!
But what if the person we are sending it too could ADD to it? What if their opinion is what MAKES the story..
SEND THE DOCUMENT!
Womenโs football was BANNED FOR OVER 50 years!
I started researching a few years ago for a TV series idea I had and became enthralled by some of the characters I found. I hope those legends from Kerr Ladies are looking down on this. You were the true beginning.
#Lionesses
Finished a pilot script last night & this morning was tempted to dive straight back in with the red penโฆ
BUT Iโm actually following my own advice and letting it simmer for a bit, alone in a virtual draw while I turn my concentration to the idea!
Being a writer is good today!
Oh Fin ๐ข
Weโve just got back from A&E and heโs got a broken ankle. Not just one break but TWO!
Crutches and a plaster cast for six weeks. Brave AF in the hospital though. What a ledge.
Please send healing vibes his way coz heโs feeling rotten ๐ฅฐ
Just done a little count up of ideas I have listed in my 'in development' folder (not formally in development but in development with myself!)
THIRTY SIX.
Is that a lot? It is isn't it?
Some are fully formed scripts and treatments and some are just one liners...but still.
New babies in the garden! Honestly this has made my day ๐ฆ โค๏ธ
The one that bounces off the wall! ๐ฅน
Thanks
@davetrevaskus
for filming at 5.30am (he was up anyway!)
Working on a treatment this morning for a crime drama with a twist, itโs been bugging me for over a year and I think Iโm gonna finish it today. See you on the other side!
#amwriting
#WritingCommunity
#pipelinewritersuk
Iโve had a bit of a day.
Feel a bitโฆsad, ya know? Like I need a really big sleep, to hibernate for a bit.
With depression and anxiety I feel hyper aware of all the feels and must remember to acknowledge & take a step at a time. Rest & recover on repeat, forever.
For you: