Congratulations to DSW member Richard Layton, who is one of the winners of the Pint-Sized Play contest this year! \’All in the Mind\’ will be performed along five other winners at the Tenby Festival this September – well done. Richard!
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July Meeting: Tuesday 3rd, 7.30, Flowerpot Pub
Hello, it\’s our last meeting before the summer holidays – we\’ll catch up again in September, but before we even start to think about sandcastles and suncream, we\’ll be thinking about another one of our members scripts! As well as being really useful feedback for our members, it\’s a great way to keep your critical …
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Neil McKay report and June Meeting: 7.30- 9.30, 5th June, Flowerpot Pub, Derby
Neil McKay – pic: University of Derby Last Saturday Derbyshire Scriptwriters held a fantastic session with Neil McKay, one of Britain\’s most respected and successful scriptwriters at the University of Derby. Neil\’s insights into his experience of writing for television and radio were well received by an audience of writers from inside and outside of …
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April Meeting: 7.30- 9.30 3rd April, Flowerpot Pub, Derby
Hello, we\’ll be meeting at the Flowerpot Pub again next Tuesday to talk films, plays, scripts, and critique one of our member\’s works in progress – see you there!
March Meeting, New Venue – Tues 6th March at The Flowerpot
Hello, Derbyshire Scriptwriters are back this Tuesday at a brand new venue – we\’ll be meeting in the cellar bar of the Flower Pot Pub, King Street, Derby from 7.30pm on Tuesday the 6th of March. We\’ll be discussing one of our member\’s scripts (a historical biopic), and other things script related. If you\’d like …
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Happy New Year! Next Meeting: Tues 3rd Jan
If today\’s been the day you\’ve started the computer, opened up a new file and typed ACT ONE SCENE ONE, as someone sort of said; well done, you\’ve just taken your first step into a bigger world… If 2012 is the year you finally write down that great idea for a script, you might be …
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DSW Member makes the finals at the End of the Pier!
Congratulations to DSW member Richard Layton for becoming one of the four finallists in the 2012 End of the Pier Film Festival Short Film Scriptwriting Award with \’Oranges and Lemons\’; a brilliant short Richard has discussed at one of DSW\’s previous crit sessions. Good luck Richard!
Next Meeting 7.30 – 9.30, Tues 6 Dec
Tis the season to be critting- to be honest, it\’s always a good time to be critting work…We\’ll be at the Standing Order Pub in Derby city centre from 7.30 on Tuesday the 6th to discuss one of our member\’s script outlines, as well as other things script-related – see you there!
Next Meeting; Tuesday 1st November, 7.30 – Standing Order
Hello there, this month\’s meeting crit is for a new draft of DSW member Emma\’s thriller screenplay. After just reading the opening lines on screen, I can already see a positive difference in what\’s on the page. This is what writing and DSW is about – our first draft, even if it\’s a great draft, …
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October Meeting – bit of a change.
Hello, just to let you know October\’s Derbyshire Scriptwriters meeting has been replaced by a group outing to the Neil McKay event at the University of Derby this evening. We\’ll all be having a natter after the event; so if you\’re going too, stop behind and say hello – we\’ll be meeting up again properly …