‘So’ is the biggest word. Finding the ending.
‘So’ is the biggest word. If you write with your ending in mind you should know where your narrative is headed. Though you may decide to change the ending later, you are writing with a destination in mind. Citizen Kane will die and we’ll know what ‘Rosebud’ means. You would not think of telling a…
Current Projects
At the moment I’m moving between four or five projects every day, which is the way I like to work. I’m writing a sequel to Cars Just Want to be Rust. The current title of that is The Luxury of Murder, though I’m also toying with The Dark Triad. I’m working on two film scripts.…
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 .…
