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13 January 16 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “When is an unusual ch
Read this article →04 January 16 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “How much time is the
Read this article →21 December 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “I’ve got an idea for
Read this article →14 December 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “I’ve sent three of my
Read this article →07 December 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “I googled you. What m
Read this article →24 November 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “Can you list some pro
Read this article →16 November 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “I’ve just realised th
Read this article →09 November 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our new advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. I’ve got writers block, I
Read this article →19 October 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our new advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “I’m leaving the ‘young p
Read this article →12 October 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our new advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “I’m writing my first ful
Read this article →05 October 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our new advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “I write in my bedroom, a
Read this article →28 September 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our new advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “How smart should I assum
Read this article →21 September 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our new advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “Writing is a lonely busi
Read this article →14 September 15 · Inspiration / Pursued By A Bear
Pursued By A Bear is our new advice column with playwright Adam Taylor. He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “My laptop is dead, and I
Read this article →29 April 15 · Business Advice / Events
Do you want to know what an agent can do for your writing? Writers’ Guild Great Britain is holding a special event (Monday 1 June 2015 at 7pm) to help you find out about the role of agents in a writer’s career. A panel of agents from different agencies will speak about: • The rol
Read this article →18 August 14 · Original Content / Writing Advice
When I was single, writing was easy. I kept my own schedule and I wrote when I wanted. My room was my own: I had a desk in the corner, though I preferred writing in bed, and I would have writing binges deep into the small hours or across big swaths of time at the … Don’t Kill You
Read this article →26 June 14 · Original Content / Resources
Trying to fit regular writing time into your life can be a really daunting task. Some of us are lucky enough to have the flexibility to write whenever we want, but for most people, long term commitments like work, family and relationships can make regular time at the keyboard dif
Read this article →06 March 14 · Events / Writing Advice
Does medical drama make your heart race? Have your questions on BBC medical dramas answered at a writers’ Q & A. The panel includes: Writers Mark Catley and Lucia Haynes, Holby City Series Producer, Simon Harper and Casualty’s Medical Advisor, Pete Salt Numbers are limited so ple
Read this article →09 December 13 · Inspiration / Writing Advice
99U posted this insight from Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin’s interview with the Sydney Morning Herald. Discussing his writing process both as a scriptwriter and a novelist, Martin says there are two distinct approaches to telling a story: There are architects and gard
Read this article →27 September 13 · Inspiration / Writing Advice
If you’re in need of a little writing inspiration or guidance, the Dramatists Guild of America has a wonderful collection of talks available from a range of exciting theatremakers, including Lanford Wilson, Neil Simon, Edward Albee, Stephen Sondheim, Paula Vogel, and a host of ot
Read this article →16 September 13 · Business Advice / Events
If you’ve started making some money from your writing and have no idea how to handle your tax responsibilities, here’s an opportunity for some free advice. Ideastap will be running a Spa Event titled ‘The Business: Tax Talk for Freelancers‘ with Bambridge accountants on Tuesday 2
Read this article →25 April 13 · Inspiration / Writing Advice
Conor McPherson’s acclaimed play The Weir is playing at the Donmar Warehouse, and will be followed by The Night Alive. As part of the promotion McPherson’s publisher, Nick Hern Books has shared an excerpt from the introduction to his latest collection of plays, which features ins
Read this article →06 February 13 · Inspiration / Writing Advice
If you’re feeling in need of inspiration, check out this BBC Radio 4 interview with Abi Morgan for FrontRow (Jan 2012, length). In it, Morgan discusses the differences between writing for theatre, television and film, her writing process, and how she juggles so many impressive pr
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