Seminars Speakers Library

Vault Script Reads

Live Events Blog Pod Chat

Sign in Join us

Talent Circle

Where screenwriters connect, learn and get made.. A community for screenwriters and the people who make films.

Terms Privacy Guidelines All legal

London Screenwriters' Festival Official store

© 2026 London Screenwriters' Festival. All rights reserved.

The blog

Long thoughts and late-night stories from our writers.

All Singularity50 Screenwriters Festival Podcast Industry Verticals Features TV Pitching Story Advice Online SciFi Announcements Impact50 Twisted50 50 Kisses LondonSWF

›Browse by tag

✕ clear “perseverance”1980s nostalgia 50 kisses acting actor's process adaptation adolescence advice africa ai storytelling ai text-to-speech amazon amazon bestseller amazon kindle ambition

Latest

The Spark by Bethany White

I was studying screenwriting as part of my undergrad degree when I heard about Create50. I always dreaded writing dialogue, and I’d finally come to the decision to focus on refining it within my writing. Little did I…

BWBethany White·21 December 2018·3 min

So those law studies weren’t wasted, after all… by Vera Mark

Question: What happens to a lawyer who sees the light? Answer: She becomes a writer. Update, several years later: She wonders if it really was such a great idea to chuck a solid career with good income… and… and… and……

Vera Mark · 15 November 2018 · 1 min

analogue horror

anthology submission

artificial intelligence

audience connection

audience engagement

audience feedback

australian outback

author platform

author reflection

autobiographical

award certificate

awards ceremony

behind the scenes

being published

book cover design

book cover reveal

book publishing

call for submissions

career development

celebrity guests

character craft

character development

childhood influences

childhood memories

collaborative creativity

collaborative film

community achievement

community announcement

community building

community celebration

community engagement

community feedback

community mobilization

community platform

community survey

competition analysis

confronting fear

constructive feedback

contemporary art

courtroom drama

craft development

craft of writing

creative achievement

creative ambition

creative challenge

creative collaboration

creative community

creative confidence

creative constraints

creative encouragement

creative feedback

creative freedom

creative industry

creative inspiration

creative isolation

creative journey

creative origins

creative passion

creative process

creative reawakening

creative writing

creativity block

cultural anxiety

decay and rebirth

design decision

director's process

documentary filmmaking

domestic horror

editing techniques

emerging writers

end of the world

event photography

facing nightmares

fear and desire

fear of rejection

fear of the unknown

fiction writing

film recommendations

filmmaker diary

filmmaker journey

filmmaking challenge

filmmaking community

filmmaking craft

filmmaking journey

finding meaning

finding purpose

finding your genre

finding your tribe

finding your voice

first publication

first submission

first-time delegate

first-time director

freedom of expression

genre challenge

genre definition

genre discovery

genre switching

genre television

getting published

hannibal lecter

horror anthology

horror challenge

horror filmmaking

human condition

hypnagogic hallucinations

immersive storytelling

imposter syndrome

impostor syndrome

independent film

independent filmmaking

industry insight

international collaboration

japanese horror

kindle unlimited

later-in-life writing

literary influence

location shooting

london screenwriters festival

london underground

low budget filmmaking

low budget production

marketing your work

narrative voice

neurodivergence

overcoming excuses

overcoming fear

overcoming illness

overcoming loss

overcoming perfectionism

overcoming rejection

overcoming reluctance

overcoming self-doubt

owning your identity

panel discussion

personal experience

product feedback

production diary

psychological horror

published author

publishing economics

publishing update

reaching new audiences

reader engagement

reader feedback

reading struggles

recurring character

reigniting creativity

revision process

sci-fi anthology

science fiction

screenwriting advice

screenwriting career

screenwriting challenge

screenwriting community

screenwriting competition

screenwriting contest

screenwriting craft

script competition

script development

script submission

seasonal affective disorder

seasonal writing

seizing opportunity

selected writers

self-acceptance

self-publishing

short film awards

short story anthology

short story collection

short story competition

short story competitions

short story submission

sleep paralysis

speculative fiction

stepping outside comfort zone

storytelling craft

stroke recovery

submission call

submission process

submissions closed

twisted anthology

unreliable narrator

user experience

villain perspective

writer community

writer feedback

writer identity

writer testimonial

writer's journey

writing challenge

writing community

writing competition

writing contest

writing feedback

writing initiative

writing inspiration

writing journey

writing process

How a Sci-Fi Screenplay Ended up in an Anthology of Short Stories

Back in 2015, before the invention of Brexit and Trump, I wrote a short screenplay called Automatic Drive. Inspired by the development of driverless vehicles, I imagined a future in which corporations responsible for…

Mark Renshaw · 24 February 2018 · 2 min