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Four Minutes of Horror at LondonSWF by Suzy Miller

An email flew in from London Screenwriters’ Festival, calling out for maximum four minute horror audio scripts. To be recorded live with actors and mixed during the session with the legend that is Dirk Maggs. I happen…

Suzy Miller·17 April 2026·4 min

A Gory Development… Come On Our Journey

Hello horror fiends, we are really getting into the swing of things now. After a brilliant chat with Ricardo, writer of “Loophole”, we have a third draft coming our way and we’ll get started on filming that very soon.…

Emma Lee · 22 October 2025 · 1 min

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The Delightfully Demented Journey Into The Unknown Begins… Come Along With Us

Us horror hounds at Twisted50 have chosen and begun pre-production of a truly spooky analogue horror script written by Ricardo Bravo titled “Loop Hole.” This chilling tale takes place on a dark and foggy night in a de…

Emma Lee · 20 October 2025 · 1 min

Twisted50: The Screenplay Challenge

OK you demented writers of Twisted50… Kate, who is working with me, has pitched an idea. She is looking for a horror short script and I suggested we open this up to Twisted50. Would you like to develop your short into…

Chris Jones · 22 October 2024 · 1 min

Horrifying Tag Lines, Log Lines, and Other Descriptions by Kate Bemis

So, you have one sentence to get across everything that matters. What do you say? …I have no idea. Seriously. No idea. I hate tag lines. You’re going to tell me that, of the 88,000 words I’ve just written (each one as…

Kate Bemis · 10 October 2024 · 2 min

Next Create50 Projects… What do YOU think we should do?

If we were to run another writing initiative, what do you think the theme should be? Can you share by taking the short survey below? Thank you SOOOOO much!

Chris Jones · 25 September 2024 · 1 min

Scream and Scream Again… with HookJaw!

It’s a funny thing being dyslexic. Especially undiagnosed GenX dyslexic. Turns out that paradoxically, many writers are also dyslexic. And it’s kind of a super power now. However, in the 80’s, loving horror and wantin…

Chris Jones · 24 September 2024 · 2 min