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Podcast Ep 007… Inside Twisted Minds: A Deep Dive into Horror Writing
Meet Lewis Rice, Paul Shearer and James Burns, with Chris Jones and Kate Bemis Horror writing isn’t just about throwing some blood and guts on the page – it’s about diving deep into the darkest corners of your mind an…
Chris Jones · 10 March 2025 · 3 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
Badge of Honour and the Power Of The Collective
Well done to all the writers and people behind the scenes who’ve helped to put together the latest Twisted 50. These books are a great incentive for procrastinating writers, or is that just me? to get our act together…
John Read · 5 December 2024 · 1 min
Some Twisted Stats For Volume 3 Writers
Hey everyone, here’s a quick blog update with some spooky facts for all our Twisted 50 writers. We got 147 stories from a perfectly symmetrical group of 100 writers. Statistically, that means you had a 50-50 shot at g…
Chris Jones · 17 October 2024 · 1 min
Revelations: Twisted 50
What do you think when you hear the word ‘Publisher’? For me, it’s less of a thought and more of a feeling. Fear. The slap of a teacher’s hand on your wrist. Strict. Unforgiving. Even Harry Potter was turned down by t…
Kate Bemis · 17 October 2024 · 3 min
What is a horror? We had no idea, now we do. Kind of…
My name is Kate DeLong and I’m a fantasy writer stuffed with candy floss and rainbow unicorns. And I’m Sara Gustavsson Stark, another fantasy writer who thinks the world would be better if everyone ate more cookies. W…
Kate DeLong · 26 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
Why I wrote a horror story…and why you should as well!
As someone who usually writes comedy screenplays, writing a short horror story is very much out of my comfort zone. That is precisely why I decided to take part in Twisted 50. Obviously, the thought of potentially see…
Dorothee Kuepers · 5 September 2024 · 1 min
Why Writing Horror Shorts Can Be A Career Accelerator
What is Twisted 50? Twisted 50 is a collection of 50 short horror stories, aimed at giving aspiring writers the chance to be published and recognized. The project originated from the London Screenwriters Festival, whe…
Chris Jones · 15 August 2024 · 3 min
