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Peaky Blinders: Decrypting TV Success with Kate Phillips and Jamie Glazebrook

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 By Paul Arrowsmith For any writer looking to write a returning series, this video provides ample details of the process starting from Steven Knight’s initial pitch in a Southbank coffee shop. The producers were looking to hire a writer … MORE

Ten Things I Learned About Period Drama from Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes

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By Leilani Holmes During this incredible Downton Abbey script to screen, John York mentions to Julian Fellowes that the opening clip of Downton is what he uses as the example when he teaches writers how to begin a period drama. … MORE

Paul King: What I learned writing ‘Paddington’ by Cassi Camilleri

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By Cassi Camilleri  Stories are trial and error, and that is a maxim writer director Paul King practically opens this session from the London Screenwriters’ Festival with. There is an awareness of the tribulations (Paul uses apt descriptors such as … MORE

Ten Storytelling Insights I Learned About Filmmaker Lynne Ramsey

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 by Fiona Hunnisett  Nick Powell introduces Lynne Ramsay as one of the greatest living filmmakers and that’s after only four feature films, but those four, of course, include the iconic “We Need To Talk About Kevin” and “You Were Never Really Here”. With … MORE

A Life in Movies and Other Writing Adventures Interview with Christopher Hampton

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 By Nick Boocock As a writer, director and producer – but, of course, primarily a writer – Christopher Hampton offers a uniquely rounded perspective on the different disciplines behind the camera. What really comes across in this session is … MORE

LondonSWF365 Feedback… What do delegates say?

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What have our delegates been saying about THEIR online experience with LondonSWF365? There’s still tile to sign up HERE. ‘I cannot quantify just how monumental an experience LondonSWF365 has been for me. As a carer of two disabled children, and … MORE

Robert McKee Tonight at 9pm LIVE inside LondonSWF365, the online festival

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Final call for the outstanding Tuesday night we have planned, starting with our Screenwriters Legal Session at Eight, followed by the screenwriting legend that is Robert McKee at nine – online and live! YES! ROBERT MCKEE! This is just one … MORE

Tonight  at 9pm… Pilar Alessandra LIVE in LondonSWF365

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Pilar is BY FAR our highest rated speaker at the London Screenwriters’ Festival. And she is joining us online tonight for a fabulous workshop, You Had Me At Page One. This class will make the reader love you on the … MORE

Welcome to LondonSWF365… The Year Round Screenwriters’ Festival Online

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Join us for the BIGGEST online Screenwriting Event EVER! From your own home and get access for a whole year. ‘So much on offer, so much to do… and I can have all of it… for £5 a month!’ Connect … MORE

LondonSWF 10 and LondonSWF 365 Online Important Update

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‘It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward.’ Rocky Balboa You need to read all of this message carefully if … MORE

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