#screenwriters
I've just added 8 excellent one page pitches to my script library - some brilliant examples of how to craft these incredibly tricky documents. Huge thank you to all these talented & generous writers
Entries for the 2023
@Channel4
@Channel4Skills
#4screenwriting
course 2023 have now CLOSED. Thank you so much for all your scripts. Very excited to read them with the team of readers
Just had my final zoom meeting with my 8 excellent, perceptive & delightful script readers. Still a fair bit of reading but decisions forthcoming in the next 3 weeks!
#4screenwriting
Today is the last day to submit a script for the 2022 Channel 4 screenwriting course. Please don't leave it to the last minute. We close 5pm - no exceptions
@Channel4Skills
Just got an email from an Australian writer I worked with at the start of his
#screenwriting
journey - he's now in pre-production on his own show for NBC/Netflix. I love my job but this sort of thing reminds me just how much
Lovely evening introducing the 2023
#4screenwriting
writers to the TV drama industry. Thanks to all who came and good luck to our 12 brilliant writers โฆ
@Channel4
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@Channel4Skills
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We've now sent emails to the 34 short-listed writers for interview for
#4screenwriting
2019. If you haven't heard - sorry. But we can only pick 12 writers from 2800 scripts. Thank you for entering - it's been a real pleasure reading all the scripts
@4Talent
@Channel4
Talking to my daughter about the impending apocalypse, she says, 'Yup, we'll have to learn how to live without all the modern stuff - well not you, you will have died.' Happy Christmas.
#4screenwriting
We have now emailed all writers on the interview shortlist. If you haven't heard, you aren't on the shortlist but thank you very much for entering. It has been a real pleasure to read so many brilliant scripts over the last 7 weeks.
@Channel4Skills
@C4Press
This week's SCREENWRITING newsletter - with information about how to enter for the 2020
@Channel4
Screenwriting Course - entries open next Tuesday Sept 10th
Comps/initiatives are a great way to build profile & many industry people keep an eye on them. To name a few: Channel 4 Screenwriting
@PhilipShelley1
, BBC Comedy & Drama Room, 4Stories,
@rocliffeforum
. Sister Pics & Dancing Ledge also run writer residencies. There are lots!
Thinking of entering a script in our annual script submission window (which opened today)? Please read this blog post by Anne Edyvean, the Head of BBC Writersroom, which explains how we and the wider industry work in terms of writer and script development
I'm holding a free zoom Q&A about the 2021 Channel 4 screenwriting course this Thursday Sept 10th 1-2pm. Please register in advance & reply to this tweet with any questions you'd like to ask
This fortnight's screenwriting newsletter - guest blog by the brilliant
@mauddromgoole
on what she has learnt from reading 400 scripts for
#4screenwriting
Hereโs Ted who had his fun this morning successfully hijacking my โฆ
@bbcstudios
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#screenwriting
session. Now heโs expecting a meal and a walk
#takingthepiss
The entry window for the 2024 Channel 4 screenwriting course has now closed. A big thank you to the thousands who submitted a script. We are going to have a fun two months enjoying the vast range and brilliance of new UK dramatic writing
#4screenwriting
@channel4
@Channel4Skills
Entries for the 2021
@Channel4
@4talent
Screenwriting Course close this Friday Oct 2nd at 5pm. But PLEASE try to enter before Friday as the website will get v busy and may buckle under the pressure. So avoid unnecessary stress & enter before Friday!
Hats off to the writer signatories of this letter - & I'm proud that
#4screenwriting
has pioneered and supported so many brilliant female voices over the last 8 years. We NEED fewer male crimes vs women stories, more female character-driven stories
We've relaunched our website today with a fresh new look and a reorder of some of the content. Have a look
We'll be checking for broken links etc but if you spot anything then let us know.
LA Productions is proud to announce that our Spring unsolicited script submission window is now open until the 6th of April 2023. Please read guidelines carefully before submitting. We look forward to reading your work!
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@channel4
#4screenwriters
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Wife (lying in bed next to me): linked-in is asking if I know someone called Philip Shelley and if I want to connect.
Me: and are you going to?
Wife: No.
Me: Why not?
Wife: Because I donโt want to.
Me: Nice.
#socialmedia
Delighted to see no less than SIX
#4screenwriting
graduates on this year's TV
#TheBritList
, with
@KarenMCogan
& the wonderful 'Fled' at the top of the list. Also thrilled to see Abi Gliddon's brilliant 'Cutting Class' on the list
After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.
Not sure when this is coming out in the UK but so proud that one of the leads is my nephew Woody. I'm obvs biased but he and the film are wonderful. Don't miss it!
Check out our
@TwitterMoments
โก๏ธ โBBC Writersroom's Script Room Q&Aโ to find out all about our upcoming submission window for
#Drama
scripts (open 10th December - 7th January)
I'm holding a free zoom Q&A about the 2021 Channel 4 screenwriting course tomorrow Sept 10th 1-2pm. Please register in advance & reply to this tweet with any questions you'd like to ask
2023โ2024 Award Season Screenplay Downloads โ 3 New Scripts: Air, Cassandro, Foe. This is the time of year studios release scripts to the public. Download them while you can!
#movies
#screenwriting
A guy just rang
@LBC
in tears to apologise for voting Leave. I despise the
@Conservatives
for all their self-seeking destructive lying greedy hypocrisy with an absolute passion today. People are going to suffer hugely for thier arrogance.
The Tory Party is breaking Britain, & in the process, it is breaking itself. The gravity of this gets lost in the social media age, but this is as historic as politics gets in peacetime.
Ok, so letโs address this. Iโm 23. I came from little. I need to protect not just my future but my familyโs too. To do that I made a decision at the beg of 2020 to start investing more in property. Please donโt run stories like this alongside refs to โcampaigningโ.
I just signed the petition calling on Culture Secretary
@OliverDowden
to scrap his damaging plans to sell off Channel 4 to a private buyer! Can you add your name too?