Okay, the short didn’t make it into the local festival but – half a kilo of Whittakers‘ finest later – life. Goes. On.
Mm. This week, for your infotainment:
- Wellington film and television writer Sean Molloy has joined the Kiwi scribosphere with Why I Write. Malo, man!
- What if Fawlty Towers were to be submitted to the BBC today? Click here for a laugh. And some tendrils of fear. (Fedora-tip: James Henry.)
- The Independent has an interesting chat with Neil Labute on loving thy villains. (Fedora-tip: WGGB Blog.)
- UK blogger Robin Kelly has a great post on what makes a good thriller (hint: put yourself in your hero/ine’s shoes). It raises a very good question though: how do some of those bone- and knuckle-headed plots get on to the screen? (Fedora-tip: Lucy Vee.)
- Crime writer and retired detective Lee Lofland blogs about the many facets of law enforcement at The Graveyard Shift. Of recent interest to this closet-gun-nut were author Lori L Lake‘s guest-posts on Guns, Guns, Guns. (Fedora-tip: Alex Epstein.)
Sorry to hear about the short… but there are so many festivals these days, you don’t have to put all your eggs into MIC’s basket.
Thanks man – appreciate the shout-out (that is what a shout-out is, right…? Just trying to appear down with the kids by using their jive talk…)
Thanks for the Fawlty Towers link. There’s a similar take on Doctor Who in a ‘Scriptwriter’ magazine (Issue 40, May 2008) which I thought was hilarious and want to distribute to every screenwriter I know…
Cheers,
Sean
thanks for the commisserations, Ben. someone – not me – insisted that there be a Plan B, C, etc, and lo, we’re working through all those contingencies.
time for me to use the Guild library, Sean! i do like the bit about the original reader’s notes being framed and mounted on someone’s wall.
Cool.
And yes, sorry to hear about the short too. Being knocked back sucks.
Hope the chocolate was good however. Which flavour Whittakers?
Cheers,
Sean
thanks Sean.
Whittakers Macadamia rocks.
(and yo, it is shout-out, homes – you’re on the blogroll, too.) (being a hip-hop fan from way back – like, when it was called ‘rap’ and it was supposed to herald the end of civilisation – i find it quite disconcerting when the stepdaughter pimp-rolls into the house after school and goes, “Sup”.)