June 5, 2020: We did it! For the first time last week, I delivered one of my Advanced Development Workshops online, and thanks to all involved – based on the feedback received both during and after the workshop – it turned out to be an exhilarating success. Many thanks to all the participants and to […]
The World Has Changed, And So Have We: All Our Workshops Can Now Be Delivered Online
April 10, 2020: First, I hope that you are all keeping well and safe in these challenging times. The global situation is changing the way we live, work and communicate with each other. We’ve all fallen a few levels down on Maslow’s pyramid of needs, focusing on survival, either literally if we’ve fallen ill, or […]
Advanced Development Workshop for ACE Producers in Helsinki
October 14, 2019: This year, we did things differently for the ACE Producers Content Development Workshop in Helsinki. I delivered my 3-day Advanced Development Workshop to a lively group of 18 experienced feature film producers from 14 different Creative Europe supported countries, as well as one Canadian colleague, and for the first time we experimented with […]
Advanced Development Workshop in Amsterdam for the Netherlands Film Fund
June 17, 2019: I’m back from Amsterdam, where I had the pleasure of delivering a second edition of my 3-day Advanced Development Workshop to a lively group of experienced Dutch filmmakers. Many thanks again to Doreen Boonekamp and Gitta Kruisbrink from the Netherlands Film Fund and to Jacobine van der Vloed and the ACE Producers team, who […]
Series LAB 2018 for Creative Europe
December 17, 2018: I’ve just returned from an exhilarating Series LAB in Brussels: Twenty producer/writer teams from fourteen different Creative Europe supported countries keen to pitch their TV Series, widen their professional network and get feedback on their projects from script consultants as well as broadcasters, distributors and financing experts. I was one of the four international script […]
Advanced Development Workshop for ACE Producers in Helsinki
October 19, 2018: Another year, another reinvigorating experience at the latest ACE Producers Content Development Workshop in Helsinki! I delivered my 3-day Advanced Development Workshop to a lively group of 18 experienced feature film producers from 13 different Creative Europe supported countries, as well as one Australian and two Canadian colleagues. Marco Alessi – Dugong – Italy“Li muerti” […]
Advanced Development Workshop for Creative Europe – Media Office Galway
September 25, 2018: It’s always a great pleasure for me to return to Ireland. This time I delivered my 3-day Advanced Development Workshop in Galway to a wonderful group of Film and TV writers, directors, producers and story editors. Many thanks to Eibhlín Ní Mhunghaile and Creative Europe Desk Ireland – Media Office Galway for making this happen, and […]
Reclaim Your Creative Freedom at the London Screenwriters’ Festival
July 27, 2018: Following my sessions on thriller and comedy writing last year, I’m delighted to be invited back to the festival this year. I’ll be introducing the Story-Type Method itself, in a presentation titled Reclaim Your Creative Freedom and Master Story Structure. The 2.5 hour session is scheduled at 10:45 on Friday the 7th of […]
Revamped Structurator and Thrilling Intro
January 18, 2018. I’ve decided to use some footage from my 2-hour presentation on writing thrillers at the London Screenwriters’ Festival to introduce the Story-Type Method in The Structurator, my interactive story tool. It’s a 35-minute video that covers the same ground as the first chapter of Screenwriting Unchained. Although most of the content applies […]
Advanced Development Workshop in Prague for Film Kolektiv
January 11, 2018: Happy New Year everyone! This week, I’m back from the Czech Republic where I had a wonderful time delivering a 3-day Advanced Development Workshop specifically designed for a group of producers and writer-directors at Film Kolektiv, a dynamic and successful production company developing international projects and offering production services in Prague. The team is young […]
