It’s Tax Payer’s Money! The most important thing to keep in mind, that leads to all the other points below, is that they are handing out tax payers money! This usually means that the decision maker needs to have each grant approved by the relevant minister. So imagine someone putting Read more…
What to Include in Your Query Letter / First Email On your first approach make sure to include some biographical information, possibly a CV or a biographical statement. The statement can be written in third person, and just give a more relaxed summary of the highlights from your CV. If Read more…
They Get Bigger! Tension in a story should go up! What makes it go up? Obstacles and challenges getting bigger. The land gets more hostile. The food runs out. The enemies get stronger. The resources to tackle each diminish. Strength fades. The odds of achieving the objective become insurmountable. Tension Read more…
Do Your Best! First up, always do your best! Sounds simple, right? You can use any submission opportunity as an excuse to get the project to the very best stage that you can at that time. So if your submission is unsuccessful, who cares? You’ve got a shiny new project Read more…
Don’t include the script or novel in the first email: copyright Agents and producers often won’t open an email that contains an unsolicited creative work in a query letter. This is because it opens them up to copyright lawsuits if they are working on another project that’s similar, or one Read more…
Make the antagonist embody the negative values that the protagonist rejects If your protagonist is on a journey towards love, life, and happiness then your villain may represent death, decay, and unhappiness. Often a protagonist will learn who they are throughout the course of a story, and eventually actively chose Read more…
There are certain structures and principles that are present in many commercially successful and popular stories. Every story is of course different, and every story teller has a unique way of approaching storytelling, but considering the suggestions below may help you to understand how your favorite stories are structured, and Read more…
Even though every creative writer’s journey to publication is different, there are things you can do to increase your chances of publication. The most important step is to produce the best work you can, and the second is to learn how to promote your work, or sell it. If you Read more…
Here are five creative writing tips from legendary creative writers. 1. As a writer you should not judge, you should understand – Ernest Hemingway On Writing “Then get in somebody else’s head for a change. If I bawl you out try to figure what I’m thinking about as well Read more…
So you want to improve your screenwriting skill set as quickly as possible, right? You’ve watched Youtube clips of all your favourite writers talking about their process, but oddly, when you sit down in the front of the blank page the words still aren’t flowing. You’re ready to enter phase Read more…