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Day 11 - Time to get writing
I want to enter the BlueCat Screenplay competition and have been getting daily reminders how long I have left. It's 2 days now, so I'm...
claresmile
Sep 28, 20181 min read
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Day 8
Yesterday my larger than life friend sent me on a mission in London. I had to find the golden masks. He gave me directions so I headed...
claresmile
Sep 25, 20181 min read
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Day 7 BAFTA, here I come!
Today I will be trundling up to London to the Princess Anne theatre at the BAFTA headquarters. This time, I won't be collecting an award,...
claresmile
Sep 24, 20181 min read
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Day 6 Revisiting Podderington St James
It's all very exciting! I'm going to be working with a student who is studying script development at NFTS and she's going to be helping...
claresmile
Sep 23, 20181 min read
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Day 5 - Not Giving Up
This morning I mulled over the future in a despondent sort of way. What jobs could I do that are interesting, will pay the mortgage and...
claresmile
Sep 21, 20181 min read
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Day 4 - when the chain fell off
It was just another ordinary day in the life of an aspiring writer. She got up, a little late, started to do some writing, but had to...
claresmile
Sep 21, 20181 min read
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Day 3 - What Next?
What a curious jumpy sort of day today. I felt I was on the point of leaping from a plane (hopefully with a parachute), but still not...
claresmile
Sep 21, 20181 min read
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Day 2 - No Slithering to Success for the Slugs of Doom
Wind is howling around me but I'm feeling pretty good after the first day on my #bloodsugardiet . I've lost a few pounds (yeah, yeah, I...
claresmile
Sep 18, 20182 min read
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50 days to change a life
My mum, Marj, has lived with us for the last five years. And it's enough. She has dementia and it's too hard for us to deal with now. ...
claresmile
Sep 17, 20183 min read
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Old films I made
I've been so excited this week to rediscover some films I wrote, edited, acted in or directed back in the 20th century. I used to spend...
claresmile
Sep 1, 20181 min read
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claresmile
Aug 25, 20180 min read
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Problems I'm happy to have on holiday
1. The bougainvillia petals are clogging up the pool filter 2. There are at least 50 steps up from the sea to our holiday home. 3....
claresmile
Jun 30, 20181 min read
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Kalamar bay, Kalkan
This I shall where my feet like to be.
claresmile
Jun 26, 20181 min read
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Rolling Stones
Here we are , still able to climb the many steps to our seats to watch the Stones at Twickenham! Growing crowd, average age around 60...
claresmile
Jun 19, 20181 min read
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Writing good baddies
I have been looking at some great baddies in children's films. Beauty and the Beast provides a couple. Here is a link to the script.
claresmile
Jun 15, 20181 min read
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BlacKkKlansman by Spike Lee (and others)
This film is based on the book Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth. In it, a young black cop decides to infiltrate and expose the Klu Klux...
claresmile
Jun 8, 20181 min read
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Screenwriting: Action Scenes
Today I've found an action scene in Stranger Things (the Pilot script), which I shall compare with a similar scene from The Slugs of...
claresmile
Jun 8, 20181 min read
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Screenwriting: Show don't Tell
Lesson to self! (And anyone else who is interested of course). I'm always being told to 'Show don't Tell', so today I'm going to compare...
claresmile
Jun 7, 20181 min read
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Stranger Things Script
I am so pleased to have discovered BlueCat Screenplay competition. It's clearly not just a competition, but a resource for screenwriters...
claresmile
Jun 5, 20181 min read
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PH and the Secret of the Missing Equilibrium
Sunday, 18 October 2015 PH and the Secret of the Missing Equilibrium 📷 Mrs C knew something was amiss when she bounded into the...
claresmile
Jun 2, 201823 min read
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