BBC – ETB Screenwriting

#TypesTuesday – Luther: Power of Reason or Power of Will?

#TypesTuesday – Power of Reason and Power of Will can be easily confused

#ThinkpieceThursday – Coincidence Tanks Top of the Lake: China Girl

#ThinkpieceThursday – Contrived coincidences make Top of the Lake: China Girl lose credibility

Casualty

There are a number of ways to approach being in the medical profession in a drama.

Tom Stoppard’s TV Project

Oscar-winning writer Sir Tom Stoppard tells how he came to adapt four novels set before and during the First World War into an upcoming BBC/HBO television drama.

Modern Day Sherlock Holmes on the BBC

Sherlock Holmes is indeed a Power of Reason character– Everything can be explained/deduced rationally and logically. “It’s elementary, my dear Watson.”

Writing for the Web – From the UK

This excellent report from a BBC Writer’s Room roadshow in Northern Ireland in January was filed by John Fox for Screenwriter’s Goldmine. It outlines the elements of the acclaimed internet drama, Sofia’s Diary.