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 interested in knowing there\’s a few of us about doing the same thing… 

The next meeting of Derbyshire Scriptwriters is this Tuesday – 3rd January from 7.30 to 9.30 in the Standing Order pub in Derby City Centre.  As usual, we\’ll be critting one of our member\’s scripts, and finding out how our members are getting on with past projects.

If you\’re just starting out, or stuck halfway through your umpteenth draft, you\’re more than welcome to join us!

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, will not be the final draft of the story. Even after a script is taken for production, changes can take place for all manner of reasons in the process of bringing it to it\’s audience.  But ultimately, it\’s in the control of the writer to make those changes work for their story; which is what Emma has done after her previous crit session.

Being ready to address those changes that need to be made is part of making a story work, especially in a collaborative medium like film. I\’m looking forward to reading the rest of Emma\’s the screenplay – as soon as I can get to a printer…

If you\’d like to join us, we\’ll be at the Standing Order pub in Derby from 7.30 – drop us an email to let us know you\’re coming along, and we\’ll save you a seat.

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Hello, just to let you know October\’s Derbyshire Scriptwriters meeting has been replaced by a group outing to the Neil McKay event at the University of Derby this evening.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 on November 1st.

If you\’re not going to the event, but would like to catch up with us in November, send us an email to joinus@derbyshirescriptwriters.com and we\’ll let you know where we\’ll be discussing scripts and our own forthcoming workshop with Neil.

September Meeting Tuesday 6th, 7-30, Standing Order, Derby

Time to shake the beach sand off your feet and get stuck into more scripts! We\’ll be meeting at the Standing Order this month, and giving a group critique on one of our member\’s brilliant TV Drama scripts. After spending the summer immersed in period austerity of The Hour, I\’m really looking forward to reading it and discussing it.

If you\’d like to come along and see how we do what we do, you\’re very welcome – see you there, or send us an email to let us know you\’re coming along: joinus@derbyshirescriptwriters.com

Bucket and spade time

DSW will be taking it\’s usual summer break, so we won\’t be meeting up in August.
If you\’re interested in seeing what we do, we\’ll be meeting up again at the start of September – keep an eye on the blog for more details, or email us through joinus@derbyshirescriptwriters.com.
Until then, enjoy the sunshine!

DSW writer\’s short story published

Congratulations to DSW member Emma, who has recently had her short story \’Empty Rooms\’ published in Derby Evening Telegraph – Emma is currently working on a number of projects, including a screenplay which we\’ll be critting later this year.