Updates and News
4 Nights In August – A Look In The Spec Pile
A small change of plan – whilst we’re waiting for the longlist to get whittled down, we’re going to give you an overview
Why YOUR story IS important and you SHOULD tell it…
My good friend and film maker Oli Lewington posted an interesting article on his blog yesterday, posing the question ‘does it really matter
Networking The Shirt Off Your Back by Janice Day
Writing’s hard. I discovered this when I was five years old and was told off for plagiarising the work of the little girl
Success stories from the festival
It’s said you have to “speculate to accumulate” – and this certainly seems true in building your career as a screenwriter and/or filmmaker.
Three Tricks of the Trade for Getting Ideas by Linda Aronson
I’ve been writing scripts since the late Iron Age and have judged many script competitions, so here are a few tricks of the
Writing Genre: Why You Should Think “Genre” When You Think “Story” – Fantastic Case Study
A writer is free, of course, to write any story they want. Hopefully fortune smiles upon them and they sell a script to
Success is more perspiration than inspiration, but sometimes it’s the inspiration that fuels the perspiration… A masterclass in being a writer (and creative person).
This fantastic interview with author Anne Rice with her son Christopher, is peppered with insights, nuggets of wisdom and good old fashioned inspiration.
YOUR FEEDBACK IS IN… London Screenwriters’ Festival 2011, YOUR great ideas!
Right now the LSF2010 delegates are still filing out the exit survey – we have been asking about their experience so that we
LSF2010 Delegate Feedback
LSF 2010 : Delegate Feedback Quotes, the first round of feedback is in…! And we just had to share it with you all.
Rounding off. Feeding Back. Packing Up. Round of Drinks! by Lielani Holmes
And so it is over. I can hardly believe that so much has happened and how quickly it’s flown. I don’t yet feel
Crime Pays by Leilani Holmes
The last semiar I did today was Crime Writing with Rick Drew, Daniel Eckhart, Andrew Taft and Barbara Machin. Crime is one of the
Cutting Edge #LSWF by Leilani Holmes
Tim Clague, Alexis Nolant, Julian Gerighty, Andy Walsh and Rhianna Pratchet held a session this morning on writing for games. I think of
Fuelled by People by Leilani Holmes
Any festival is really only ever as good as it’s people. And screenwriting is about people, it’s about touching people, watching people, learning
The Final Countdown to the End of the Beginning! By Leilani Holmes
So it’s the final day of the very first London Screenwriters Festival. We’ve kind of witnessed something special starting here, I think. I
Hollywood Hook Up with Stephen Gyllenhaal by Leilani Holmes
I followed the long documentary talks up with another Hollywood Hook Up with director and writer Stephen Gyllenhaal (father of Maggie and Jake)
Considering Documentary by Leilani Holmes
This afternoon began for me with HAVE YOU CONSIDERED A DOCUMENTARY workshop with Chris Atkins, James Collie and Jon Walker. I was keen
A Festive(al) Morning! By Leilani Holmes
There are so many things going on all over the place at the festival I thought I’d give a flavour of just one
Hollywood Hook Up with John August by Leilani Holmes
It’s unlikely to be a frequent occurance that I get to say I spent Friday evening hooking up with John August! However, by
Distribution in the UK by Leilani Holmes
The DISTRIBUTION IN THE UK session with Peter Buckingham and Alex Stolz from the UK Film Council was based upon the factual research the
Kicking off with Serendipity and Conversation by Leilani Holmes
I took a gentle path into the festival today as I wanted to begin by getting my bearings and obtaining a feel for the
Being Prepared… Leilani gets ready!
Hello all. I’m Leilani, one of the festival delegates and I shall be live blogging and tweeting (from @momentsoffilm on twitter) this weekend
Rejection: Get Over It and Get On
I watched a screenwriter talk once on a Youtube video – I forget his name, but he was a bigwig in Hollywood – and he claimed he was “lucky” he had 15 projects out of 45 greenlit and made. You read it right – FIFTEEN OUT OF FORTY FIVE is considered “lucky”.
