Overview

The BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum identifies and develops new writing talent by providing development tools and a showcase for live performance events for new writers, as well as networking opportunities for new talent to meet established industry figures. Rocliffe has an established reputation and has become a leader in development events. This is a manual for screenwriters and filmmakers in the form of notes. These provide a step-by-step, common sense guide, with suggestions on how writers and writer-directors can best present themselves to the industry. This book does not explain how to write a screenplay. Instead, it provides insider confidences, from established industry players to peers, on how to have a professional approach to writing. A revelation for all would-be screenwriters, this is a guide to living the screenwriter's life  the habits, writing atmospheres, creative processes, daily passions and preoccupations. It explores new opportunities within the digital platform as well as how to maximise networking opportunities and is an essential armament in any writer's store.

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A really useful guide to getting on in the world of film -- Richard Eyre An indispensable addition to the writer's bookshelf * Lock and load, brides of Christ *

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FARAH ABUSHWESHA is a BAFTA-nominated producer and bestselling author. With roots firmly established in low-budget features and shorts, she has gone on to produce Netflix Original Irreplacable You with Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michiel Huismann and Christopher Walken and Danny Huston's The Last Photograph. Her TV work includes Handy a sitcom pilot for RTE & Screen Ireland, The ABC Murders for BBC and Amazon, starring John Malkovich and Rupert Grint, and The Singapore Grip adapted from the original JG Farrell novel by Christopher Hampton. She is the founder of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Showcase and Competition which has been championing new talent in the film and TV industry for the past 20 years.

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