Or, rather, a BBC writers' day for children's TV. Tomorrow! With free food! Are they mad? Free food? For writers?
For one reason and another - largely geographical - I haven't been to one of these before; they've always been in London, thus causing the free food to cost well over a hundred pounds. I'm looking forward to this one, therefore, for sheer novelty's sake.
We're supposed to be finding out what they want and how to give it to them. It'll be interesting to find out. There may even be the chance to slime my way onto a writing team.
On the other hand, given what the BBC pays for scripts, if I wind up working for them again I might need that free food....
Thursday 7 November 2013
Wednesday 16 October 2013
Development Heck
Not "Hell", you'll notice. It's not that bad.
I am, however, in on, if not the ground floor, the mezzanine of an animation show in a development process that's decidedly hiccuppy. What astounds me is how averse people are to debating things. They seem to regard disagreement not as the start of a conversation but as a cataclysmic confrontation that must be avoided at all costs.
Thus far, this has resulted in the development schedule being completely suspended once and the Exec Producer declaring that he'd rather have nothing to do with it. As of this moment we're back on track and ideating cheerfully away, but you can't help but wonder when the next difference of opinion will bring about production Armageddon.
I'll feel more sanguine about this when I get an actual contract... I get very nervous about this smile-and-a-handshake climate that pervades showbiz!
I am, however, in on, if not the ground floor, the mezzanine of an animation show in a development process that's decidedly hiccuppy. What astounds me is how averse people are to debating things. They seem to regard disagreement not as the start of a conversation but as a cataclysmic confrontation that must be avoided at all costs.
Thus far, this has resulted in the development schedule being completely suspended once and the Exec Producer declaring that he'd rather have nothing to do with it. As of this moment we're back on track and ideating cheerfully away, but you can't help but wonder when the next difference of opinion will bring about production Armageddon.
I'll feel more sanguine about this when I get an actual contract... I get very nervous about this smile-and-a-handshake climate that pervades showbiz!
Wednesday 17 July 2013
It's alive!
Good God, it's been a long time - a long time in which I've written over 25 TV animation scripts and countless bits and bobs for marketing and museums, pitched and failed, pitched and scored, amended, rewritten, edited, recorded and generally earned a living.
How've you been? Oh, good, I'm glad to hear it / oh dear, that is a pity.
Anyway, I'm going to update this more regularly now. I shan't bother to fill you in on everything I've done - you'll get it by inference.
Watch this space!
How've you been? Oh, good, I'm glad to hear it / oh dear, that is a pity.
Anyway, I'm going to update this more regularly now. I shan't bother to fill you in on everything I've done - you'll get it by inference.
Watch this space!
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