Talent Circle

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

London Screenwriters' Festival Official store

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 “memoir”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

Creativity Takes Courage by Jess Brown

Now we are on the countdown to the Twisted 3 launch event, I have been reflecting on what this ‘come back’ has meant to me. Having dabbled with previous screenwriting Create 50 projects, I remember spotting the Twiste…

Jessica S J Brown·23 January 2025·1 min

From Shadows to Spotlight: My Twisted 50 Adventure by Rebecca Golby

When I first submitted Murderabilia to the Twisted 50 anthology, I had no idea where it might lead. It felt like a chance to dip my toes into horror—a genre I’ve always admired but carefully avoided (blame that on my…

Rebecca Golby · 11 December 2024 · 3 min

artificial intelligence

character development

collaborative creativity

collaborative film

comfort zone

community

community achievement

community announcement

community building

community celebration

community engagement

community feedback

community mobilization

constructive feedback

creative collaboration

creative community

creative confidence

creative constraints

creative encouragement

documentary filmmaking

freedom of expression

hypnagogic hallucinations

identity

imagination

immersive storytelling

independent filmmaking

international collaboration

later-in-life writing

london screenwriters festival

london underground

loss

low budget

low budget filmmaking

low budget production

overcoming perfectionism

overcoming rejection

overcoming reluctance

overcoming self-doubt

reaching new audiences

reigniting creativity

screenwriting challenge

screenwriting community

screenwriting competition

screenwriting contest

seasonal affective disorder

short story anthology

short story collection

short story competition

short story competitions

short story submission

stepping outside comfort zone

There’s never a write time by Andrew Perry

“I don’t have the time.” The main excuse of the writer for not writing. An excuse I’ve used myself, although I have managed to write an IT self-help guide, comics and a couple of graphic novels, as well as having stor…

Andrew Perry · 18 November 2024 · 3 min

My first run at Twisted50 by Thomas M Pritchard

After the inevitable race over the finish line, my first submission for Twisted 50 2024 is in. A few years ago. I volunteered for the London Screenwriters Festival . At the time, I was a struggling film student and fo…

Thomas M Pritchard · 11 October 2024 · 3 min

Are you a Reader, or are you a Writer? by Rusty Rushfeldt

Are you a reader, or are you a writer, or one of the fortunate ones who enjoys reading and writing? If you are of the latter, then color me jealous. From an early age reading was torture for me, unless there were pict…

Rusty Rushfeldt · 4 October 2024 · 2 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

The Bonfire Effect by Rusty Rushfeldt

Finding Twisted50 , creating a horror story, and submitting it, was reminiscent of my grandfather sharing his stories by the night-time bonfires. Writing, like storytelling by a bonfire, can be a source of warmth and…

Rusty Rushfeldt · 19 September 2024 · 2 min

Everybody, even the elderly, can have a go!

Having attended LSF in the past and taken part in several workshops as well as submitting a screenplay scene for direction at the festival, my fear of trying to write horror stories was not as great as it might have b…

Susan Law · 16 September 2024 · 1 min

Living the Nightmare: How Hypnagogic and Hypnopompic Hallucinations Shaped My First Horror Story

For most people, horror is a genre that offers thrilling entertainment or a good scare. For me, horror is something I’ve spent years avoiding. This is because I experience both hypnagogic (falling asleep) and hypnopom…

Rebecca Golby · 7 September 2024 · 5 min