We seem to be going through a screenwriting/script thing at the moment on the WLW site. To continue that trend here is a discussion on how to write fight scene from John August who has written films like Charlie’s Angels and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.   His advice when writing any situation which involves running [...]

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Over at Movieline, the screenwriting duo Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely offer up eight tips on how to write a comic book movie. They are: Be a fan of your source material — but don’t be too beholden to it, because you have to adapt for a new audience. In order to write a superhero [...]

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The next meeting of WLW is not at our usual venue. For this week only we are meeting at the Howden Park Centre to take part in a work shop organised by West Lothian Council’s Arts Services Team.   The workshop will consist of Alistair Rutherford (writer of The Garden) talk about everything from what it is like being [...]

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On Tuesday the 26th of July HarperCollins have teamed up with Marie Claire and Malmaison to offer a workshop on ‘How to Get Published’. Featuring one of HarperCollins’ top women’s fiction authors, Lindsey Kelk, and a panel of experts including a literary agent, publishing director and a member of the Marie Claire features team, you will discover what it really takes [...]

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While on Twitter last night I came across the follow ‘tweet’ and responses from Duncan Jones – writer of the 2009 film Moon. “The most painful thing about writing a first draft is accepting how little of what you write is likely to survive revisions. Has to be done.” The post generator a number of [...]

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Ever wanted to name a building after your favourite crime writer? Well the University of Dundee are now offering you that very chance. For a donation of a £1 you can decide which author gets their name on the side of the University’s new morgue!   So far Val McDermid, Stuart MacBride, Tess Gerritsen and Lee [...]

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During August 2011 Scottish Poetry Library are offering poetry readings in their Courtyard between 2:00pm and 3:00pm. The readings, hosted by the School of Poets, are an annual event held at the Scottish Poetry Library. It is a public event where folk can come along and read or listen to poetry. Please be aware that the readings [...]

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After a discussion at this week’s meeting I did a bit of research and found this article on the use of numbers and numerals in writing. It helpfully splits the advice into ten which are: Number versus numeral. A number is an abstract concept while a numeral is a symbol used to express that number. [...]

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Maggie Elliot is a creative writing tutor based in the Scottish Borders. She has been teaching creative writing for the past ten years with her most project combining primary six pupils and adult learners to produce six pages of creative writing, journalese and cartoons for the current St. Ronan’s Festival magazine.   She runs creative writing [...]

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As part of their Homegrown Season, West Lothian Council’s Arts Services Team are offering a free writing workshop being presented by the team behind The Garden on Tuesday the 26th of July between 7pm and 8.30pm.   The workshop will consist of Alistair Rutherford (writer of The Garden) talk about everything from what it is like [...]

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