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What I learned reading the Twisted50 Audio Drama Scripts by Heather Sutton
I read every script submitted for the Twisted50 Audio Drama competition and learnt some very interesting things. Across dozens of scripts I began to notice some patterns, both strengths and missed opportunities. This…
Chris Jones · 24 March 2026 · 4 min
Voices From The Static: Writing and Submitting An Analog Horror Script For Twisted50
Analog horror is one of the most exciting recent evolutions within the genre. Gemini Entertainment’s World’s Weirdest Animals is one of the most unnerving videos I have seen for years. Kane Pixel’s Oldest View series…
Dylan Spicer · 3 November 2025 · 2 min
Let’s Make A Halloween Film Too… You Have ONE WEEK For A Script!
For all our deranged writers who have already taken on our challenge of writing a short script (or are planning to) for our analogue horror short films , here are some amplifications to help elevate your chances. Due…
Emma Lee · 15 October 2025 · 1 min
My awards from Twisted Volume 3 arrived in Australia today…
My awards from Twisted Volume 3 arrived today—all the way from the motherland! Feeling so proud. Exciting news: Twisted Volume 4 is on the horizon, and I highly encourage you to sign up and submit your work. The entir…
Claire Rye · 28 February 2025 · 1 min
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
The rekindling of a (Twisted) love affair by James Burns
I blame Bette Davis. As an idiotic 10-year-old, I was allowed to stay up late to watch her terrifyingly demented performance in The Nanny and couldn’t sleep all night, convinced that she was hiding in the cupboard, re…
James Burns · 24 November 2024 · 4 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
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
A Twisted Guide to NaNoWriMo by Kate Bemis
With a month to go, NaNoWriMo sits on the horizon. Ominously. Threateningly. It’s an annual menace, glaring at me through the blinds of October. I couldn’t be more thrilled. If you don’t know what NaNoWriMo is, I’m he…
Kate Bemis · 7 October 2024 · 3 min
Why I Love To Write Erotica Infused Horror
I have adored writing fantasy horror since I was lucky enough to be selected for Twisted50 volume 1. While my dull day job does keep me from writing as much as I would like to, I seem to squeeze in time for Twisted, r…
Sasha Black · 10 September 2024 · 1 min
A Crowd Created Feature Film Project by James Lingwood
Filmmaker James Lingwood who is attending the premiere just got some brilliant coverage and wrote an article for his film community below… A Crowd Created Feature Film Project Nearly a decade from conception to World…
James Lingwood · 28 May 2022 · 3 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
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…
Bethany White · 21 December 2018 · 3 min
Disclosure: I’d never written a single word of science-fiction… By Carmen Radtke
Disclosure: I’d never written a single word of science-fiction. Read, sure, watched, hell yes, but writing? Then along came Singularity50, and while I loved the concept I had no intention to take part. More importantl…
Chris Jones · 11 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
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
Finding Your Confidence by Ashlee Renz-Hotz
The Create50 community imparts something incredibly valuable to its writers – almost like finding gold at the end of a rainbow. Not only does it instill a sense of accomplishment, bringing an urgency to write, but als…
Chris Jones · 15 November 2017 · 1 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
