It’s that time of year again: for the Christmas gift round up! Discover our selection of the best presents for writers… ‘Tis the season for mulled wine, Christmas films, carols, and trying to be more organised than last year and not leaving all of your shopping to Christmas Eve (gulp). Maybe your friend or family member …
Festive Gift Guide 2018 – The Best Gifts For Writers Read More »
Reflecting on her experience of writing ‘Dandelion‘, which is set in 1988 and centres around the impact of the homophobic law Section 28, guest writer Jennifer Richards discusses writing a play for a modern audience that isn’t about the modern at all. Writing a play that’s not set in today’s world feels risky; with the idea …
Four tips on how to write a historical play that still feels contemporary Read More »
Editor Jennifer Richards reflects on writing a play where the subject matter’s close to you heart, looking at how to look after yourself when delving into personal experience. The ‘write what you know’ cliché is often tossed around in articles about learning to be a writer, but sometimes creating a play about a personal experience you …
Editor Jennifer Richards is recapping our practical workshop with Kimberley Andrews at London Writers’ Week! Want to learn how to get your creative inspiration juices flowing? Read on… Getting excited about a story, and feeling like you just have to tell it, is a brilliant sensation. Feeling ideas bubbling up inside you, ready to spill onto …
LPB event: How to shape inspiration into an idea Read More »
Editor Jennifer Richards is recapping our practical workshop with Freddie Machin at London Writers’ Week! Want to learn how to write for two different media? Read on… “Nobody knows anything.” Okay, so your workshop leader saying this is probably not how you want an event at London Writer’s Week to start, but it makes a …
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For National Writing Day, we chatted to some brilliant playwrights and posed the trickiest question of them all: “Why Do You Write?” Here’s what they had to say… Nicole Acquah Nicole is a performer-writer currently based in Essex who wrote For a Black Girl that was on at this year’s VAULT Festival, and her new …
A year on from her first short play being staged, Editor Jennifer Richards reflects on what she’d go back and tell herself (when she gets her hands on a time machine…) I never studied playwriting. In fact, I’m completely degreeless! I’ve learn through reading plays, Google and, whenever I’m lucky enough to chat to anyone …
Five things I wish I’d been told before I started writing Read More »
In this post, Editor Jennifer Richards shares her tips on how she gradually fell in love with the re-drafting process, as editing exercises and tips and tricks helped her realise how vital re-drafting is for playwriting success! Re-drafting a script used to be the dreaded monster I’d put off at all costs. It got to the point …
Editor Jennifer Richards looks at what happens when faced with a list of opportunities and deadlines you’re panicking you won’t make… One of the brilliant things playwriting has over other forms of writing is how much more accessible it is. Being such a community-based media means there are always directors/writers/producers/actors searching for collaborators. You can see just …
Why the opportunities you don’t take are just as important as the ones you do Read More »
For World Theatre Day, Editor Jennifer Richards reflects on what drew her to playwriting. I’m currently on the Writers’ Lab course run by Soho Theatre, where over roughly 9 months you’re taught in groups about structure, character and various other techniques that go into writing a play. And throughout this process, you’re working to complete a full-length …
