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Hack the world…
By way of an update: I’ve been away from Twitter for one week. In the two weeks prior to quitting, I wrote 30 pages of the screenplay I was working on. In the six days after I quit, I wrote … Continue reading
Posted in General Crap, Recommendations
Tagged New Tricks, Sniper One, TED, TimFerriss, Twitter
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A day in the life…
I thought it might be interesting to journal a day in the life of a writer-director (me!) during the last days of a TV edit. It turns out it wasn’t interesting at all but I’ve written it now, so you can damn well read it…
Posted in Directing, Journal, Writing
Tagged Directing, New Tricks, Screenwriting, Writing
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New Tricks – the story so far…
I realise that I have jumped into journalling my day-to-day experiences making “New Tricks” with no “backstory” whatsoever. For those who require some context, or mistakenly believe that it might somehow render this journal more interesting, here’s the story so … Continue reading
Entropy…
Today was the last day of pre-production before Christmas. We now break for two weeks and, when we come back, we’re straight into a week of technical recces, read-throughs and script meetings before the shoot begins. By now, ideally, we … Continue reading
“Wow!” signal.
Insurance medical today for New Tricks so, typically, I have woken up with blocked sinuses and a nasty cough. I sat with the art department yesterday for a “page turn” through both scripts. Everyone seems to be on top of … Continue reading