Category Archives: Books on Writing

Review: The Forest for the Trees, Betsy Learner

I’ve been enjoying Betsy Learner’s blog for a long time so I feel a little silly that it has taken me so long to read her book:

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Review: How Not to Write a Novel, H. Mittelmark & S. Newman

We all know that the best way to teach is to engage and entertain with the material – this book does it ...

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"The Great Big Quantum State of Maybe"

On Sep 15th The Times published some emails which were  communications between Russell T. Davies and Benjamin Cook, a journalist with whom Davies was working on the newly released:  Doctor ...

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Review: Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach by Paul J Gulino

The first thing that struck me about this book is how very readable it is - the style is incredibly accessible and occasionally, in the film sequence-breakdowns, laugh-out-loud cheeky (though I ...

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