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claresmile
Oct 21, 20210 min read


I'll Stand By You
Day 10 of the Scriptly Writing Challenge. It's music videos today. I've chosen 'I'll Stand by You' by the Pretenders as my music, because...
claresmile
Oct 20, 20211 min read


Losing It
Day 9 of the Scriptly Writing Challenge. Indie films. Seven years ago today (according to social media) I was in Naples on a school trip....
claresmile
Oct 19, 20211 min read


BLUEBOT
Day 8 of the Scriptly Writing challenge. A screenplay for a stop frame animation is today's task. Bluebot, a robot / pencil sharpener,...
claresmile
Oct 18, 20211 min read


What a Wonderful World
Day 7 of the Scriptly Writing challenge and it's Black Poetry day, which has provided the theme. I've chosen to go with Louis...
claresmile
Oct 17, 20211 min read


The Left Behind Club
Day 6 or the Scriptly Writing Challenge. Why are some people never chosen: for jobs, friendship, love? Here is 'The Left Behind Club'.
claresmile
Oct 17, 20211 min read


Tell Me Who I Am
Day 5 of the Scriptly Writing Challenge is a Tik Tok script. After extensive research I came up with 'Tell Me Who I Am'. An artist has to...
claresmile
Oct 15, 20211 min read


On Thin Ice
Day 4 of the Scriptly Writing challenge and the theme is horror! Possibly the scariest thing is the quality of the writing in places....
claresmile
Oct 14, 20211 min read


Loopy Luna
Day 3 of Scriptly Writing challenge. A rescue dog is terrified of things that open and close: doors, letter boxes and recycling trucks...
claresmile
Oct 13, 20211 min read


Lara's Dream
Day 2 of Scriptly Writing challenge. Seven year old Lara dreams as a small inflatable boat carries her on a perilous journey to a new...
claresmile
Oct 12, 20211 min read


Voulez-vous cooke avec moi, ce soir?
Day 1 of the Scriptly Writing challenge. A kitchen setting is the thing. I ask you to imagine there is an acute accent on the 'cooke'...
claresmile
Oct 11, 20211 min read


Scriptly Writing Challenge
Here we go with a screenwriting challenge being posed by The Literal Challenge Ltd! One complete script a day for 14 days is the aim. I'm...
claresmile
Oct 10, 20211 min read


Spot the location - win a prize!
In the fairly certain knowledge that nobody will actually read this or watch the video, I'm going to award a prize to the first person...
claresmile
Aug 26, 20211 min read


Grace and Earnest
An imaginary meeting of Grace Darling and Earnest Shackleton at Exmouth Docks, or the marina as it now is.
claresmile
Jul 13, 20211 min read


Chiller, like Thriller, only Cooler
It started with a fridge.... I never knew it could end like this... Here is the opening of this scary multi-media production. Think...
claresmile
Jul 9, 20211 min read


The Seagulls Have Landed
First part of a screenplay of a story set in Brighton when a birthday celebration goes horribly wrong for fourteen year old Connor.
claresmile
Jul 8, 20211 min read


Selected
The drama I've been working on, whilst working through a course run by Jed Mercurio, is a tense thriller. Today, I've written about the...
claresmile
Jul 2, 20211 min read


Food For Thought
A four-part comedy drama for television. The idea for the screenplay came from a project some years ago, funded by the EU, in which...
claresmile
Jul 1, 20211 min read


As Amelia Predicted
Day 30, the final day of the prose challenge! Amelia's timely arrival at the BAFTAs is in doubt.
claresmile
Jun 30, 20211 min read


The Man with the Allotment
Day 29 of the prose challenge. A story told from a different point of view. Ruby and the Rabbit hunter was my first story in this...
claresmile
Jun 29, 20211 min read
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