Lucy Hackney joins Script Angel coaching team
Script Angel has appointed experienced script editor and development executive Lucy Hackney to its screenwriter coaching team. Hackney has over twenty years of experience in UK television script development and production. Previously development executive at Kindle Entertainment, Hackney’s script editing credits include Emmy-award winning Dustbin Baby for Kindle/BBC/CBBC and the ambitious Dickensian from Tony Jordan and […]
Book Review: The Three Wells of Screenwriting by Matthew Kalil
Where do ideas come from and how do you discover new ones? In his book The Three Wells of Screenwriting Matthew Kalil explores the sources of our ideas and gives practical advice for writers on how to uncover new sources and mine existing ones further. Most books on screenwriting skip over the bit where you […]
Jay Harley joins Script Angel coaching team
Script Angel continues to expand its screenwriter coaching team with the appointment of experienced television and audio drama script editor Jay Harley. Harley joins Script Angel from the BBC where they worked as script editor on BAFTA-winning television drama series Casualty and as drama producer for BBC Radio 4. Jay Harley has also written and […]
How to Write a TV Series Pitch Bible
We all know what a script should look like but what about your tv series pitch bible? There is a lot of confusion around the myriad of supporting materials you might also be expected to write. Treatments, pitches, outlines and show bibles are terms bandied around which can be used to mean different things. If […]
Gwen Gorst joins Script Angel coaching team
Script Angel is set to help even more screenwriters with the appointment of experienced script editor Gwen Gorst to the coaching team. Gwen Gorst joins Script Angel from Mainstreet Pictures where she script edited three series of the acclaimed ITV1 drama Unforgotten working closely with series creator Chris Lang. Other script editing credits at Mainstreet include I […]
Is Your Script Industry-Ready?
For your script to get noticed it needs to be a compelling read. You only get one chance to impress, so before you hit send ask yourself, is my script industry-ready? THE BASICS Concept and Logline Is the concept clear, focused and compelling? Could you sum it up in one or two sentences? Genre […]
Using (and Abusing) Your Inner Critic
We all know that you can’t create original, interesting stuff with you inner critic whispering in your ear. We’ve witnessed brainstorming sessions where people were judging ideas before the ink was dry on the flipchart paper, stifling creativity and giving nothing the chance to grow or flourish. Creativity comes from a freedom to fail – […]
Script Angel partners with Manitoba-Canada screen agencies
Script Angel is partnering with On Screen Manitoba and Manitoba Film & Music on their Feature Film Accelerator Program for Screenwriters. The program will provide support to writers of feature films through creative mentorship and story consultation with Script Angel. Up to five selected writers will be given access to professional independent script editors for […]
James Gillam-Smith joins Script Angel coaching team
Script Angel continues to build its screenwriter coaching team with the addition of experienced script editor James Gillam-Smith. Gillam-Smith joins Script Angel from BBC Drama Studios where he was most recently script editor on primetime BBC1 crime drama series Silent Witness. He has over ten years experience as a professional script editor, spanning a range […]