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How Competing in Twisted50 Helped Me Break Through Writer’s Block and Self-Doubt
I’m a massive horror fan. Most of the fiction I read or the films and shows I watch are horror. Anything I write usually ends up with bad stuff happening to bad people and typically falls into that genre. So, you migh…
Lee Bailes · 27 October 2024 · 12 min
I used to believe writing wasn’t a team sport… then I found Create50
Let’s face it—hours of sitting alone, staring at a screen, trying to find the perfect word to capture an emotion only you can picture in your head… it’s not exactly a spectator event. And that was fine by me. I’m a bi…
Claire Rye · 21 September 2024 · 1 min
Don’t get your knickers in a twist over Twisted50
“I am a writer.” I have to keep telling myself that. I write for a living, but about tech, so it’s not the same as being creative and standing your work up against “real writers.” But the thing is, I love the creative…
Susie Morrow · 22 July 2024 · 3 min
Twisted 50: Why The Little Voice In My Head STOPPED Me For Pursuing The Success I Wanted
I went to the premiere of 50 Kisses , and The Impact50 , and I know how it felt to be in the audience. But it did hurt, knowing that I could have submitted something but I didn’t. Out of fear. Out of my own self limit…
Amy Livingstone · 5 May 2024 · 1 min
It Starts Long Before the one ‘Yes’! – LondonSWF'27
Before I share my top takeaways as a first-time London Screenwriters’ Festival delegate, I must confess how insanely impossible this once felt to me. Six months ago, even writing a cold email to the festival organiser…
Neha Ansari · 26 January 2022 · 2 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
‘Francis of Fell End Farm’ – My Journey from Writer to Director
Amos Dewhurst as ‘Francis’ with Gwyn as ‘Moss’ As ‘Francis of Fell End Farm’ is now going through post-production, I think back over the past year since I decided to film the script. I knew that my script presented ch…
Milethia Thomas · 15 March 2018 · 8 min
The Power of Feedback by Clive Howard
An exciting aspect of Create50 was the opportunity to get feedback from other writers. As a writer, I know well the value of feedback. That said, it can be very difficult to hear. Despite several years of experience,…
Chris Jones · 31 May 2017 · 2 min