Tony Glover : Hexham Courant
This is part of an interview with the Hexham Courant on the publication of Cars Just Want to be Rust.
The Answer is always the Golden Fleece
The answer is always the Golden Fleece I was trying to sort out a tricky plot problem with a story. It was the usual one – finding an ending that worked. I find the way to deal with a problem like this is to go for…
G-g-ghosts…Writing the Supernatural
A script that I’m working on right now has a supernatural element. Writing in the ghost story genre you are faced with a set of conventions which don’t sit easily within the usual shape of a three act, redemptive drama. Most feature films are based on a familiar pattern – a character is faced…
The Way Stories Work…
I’ve been giving some thought to the way stories work and the way they might be shaped to hold and satisfy an audience. First, you need characters we care about. We don’t have to like them – but we need to care about the way things are going to turn out for these people .…
Current Writing Projects
I like to have to work on more than one writing project at a time. It helps to have stories stacked up and circling, like jumbo jets. That way, if I get stuck, or bored, I can move on and give my attention to the next one. Right now I’m working on three stories in…
