Tag: Storytelling

Writing Conference Notes: Part 2 – Pitching
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Writing Conference Notes: Part 2 – Pitching

Jessica Davidson1 Comment

The Newcastle Writing Conference included various break-out sessions, such as websites and blogging, how to edit your work, vlogging, and meet the agent with Mark Stanton. But I chose the pitching session, because I already have a blog, I didn’t have a piece of work I was willing to share in the editing session, I… Continue reading Writing Conference Notes: Part 2 – Pitching

How to Develop a Screenplay: Part 4 – Final Notes
Screenwriting

How to Develop a Screenplay: Part 4 – Final Notes

Jessica Davidson

The Euroscript development process was coming to an end and I received my final report from Fenella Greenfield in March 2009. So far in this series I’ve been focusing on the problems I had with the screenplay, but it’s important to mention the positive feedback too. Alongside the notes written into the script were brief… Continue reading How to Develop a Screenplay: Part 4 – Final Notes

How to Develop a Screenplay: Part 3 – Tone and Theme
Screenwriting

How to Develop a Screenplay: Part 3 – Tone and Theme

Jessica Davidson

The Euroscript development process was going well and the second report from Fenella Greenfield arrived in November 2008. This was when things started to get tricky. Second Rewrite Many of the problems of the previous draft had been addressed. Calum’s character arc was now clearer, well written and more intriguing; the central relationship between the… Continue reading How to Develop a Screenplay: Part 3 – Tone and Theme

How to Develop a Screenplay: Part 2 – Deconstruction
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How to Develop a Screenplay: Part 2 – Deconstruction

Jessica Davidson

Winning the Euroscript Competition was the easy part. Next came a string of rewrites and learning how to deal with an intensive development process which made me feel challenged, elated, baffled, and conflicted by turns. The first script report from Fenella Greenfield arrived in August 2008 and was a shattering experience. It consisted of a… Continue reading How to Develop a Screenplay: Part 2 – Deconstruction

How to Develop a Screenplay: Part 1 – Idea
Screenwriting

How to Develop a Screenplay: Part 1 – Idea

Jessica Davidson3 Comments

In 2008 I had a stroke of beginner’s luck when I won a screenwriting competition. The prize involved developing three drafts with a script editor, and this short series explores that process. First posted on my old blog in 2010, this rewritten version now includes extracts to illustrate the development of the script as I… Continue reading How to Develop a Screenplay: Part 1 – Idea

What is Astrology?
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What is Astrology?

Jessica Davidson

Astrology is an ancient symbolic system of psychology that works through the principles of hermetic philosophy: as above, so below. It isn’t about fortune telling or prediction, and doesn’t make things happen. The relationship between the movement of the planets and our experience is not causal but synchronistic. Used properly, astrology is another way of making meaning;… Continue reading What is Astrology?