Turn, Turn, Turn

Thousands of people are waiting for their muse to appear. Well, heads up, world – I caved her brain in

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Method act your way into the room. Say 'God, you'd be lucky if. Let you have this script' (not literally).

Peter Souter, writer, ‘Married, Single, Other’

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We dont nap to help things settle in the subconscious. We nap because we get tired.

Joel and Ethan Coen, via Creative Screenwriting Podcast

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I have a job as a writer-in-residence. The residence is my house.

Paul Bassett Davies (via Twitter)

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Brass Eye is about the sudden snap into good and evil narratives… it basically says ‘Hello - do you want to be a fucking idiot? If so, sign up to this narrative and let’s go.’

Chris Morris (via Creative Screenwriting Podcast)

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People who don’t know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.

Aaron Sorkin, ‘The West Wing Script Book: Volume 1’

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Give yourself a deadline. All writers must self-impose them - otherwise it’s like summer holiday essays, which are traditionally completed in early September, by your mum.

Mark Blake, ‘How to be a Sitcom Writer’

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When done well, the ‘sudden premature stop’ ending (a la Inception) can be a source of intrigue, excitement and discussion. But if your film hasn’t worked hard to earn it, it just comes across like you ran out of ideas for an ending.

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Get characters dumped. While you'd sit in your pants all day, crying into a tub of budget ice cream and violently agreeing with everything that Jeremy Kyle has to say, fictional protagonists have a different take. You only see misery, but they see potential for greatness.

The Guardian, Newspaper 30/9/10

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I apply for jobs online, in character. I once got Gene Hunt a job as a night watchman, on the basis that he was ex-police.

Tony Jordan, writer

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