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Why writers should take note of soaps

by John Yorke | Jul 6, 2015 | craft skills, John Yorke, Red Rock, soaps, Wolf Hall

John Yorke has worked on the launch of Red Rock, a new Irish soap opera, and the hugely acclaimed TV adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. Here he explains why – in the UK at least­ – the relationship between the two is critical for nurturing new writing talent....

Write for TV – you can learn online!

by John Yorke Story Team | Jul 3, 2015 | factual TV, grants, new writers, screenwriting courses

  How many times have you been told ‘You can’t do that?’ Angela Jobson decided she was going to write TV drama, no matter what the doubting voices said, and she has kept the faith through the many knockbacks of rejection slips, recession and folding training schemes....

How to tell successful stories

by John Yorke Story Team | Jun 16, 2015 | characters, John Yorke, script advice, wants and needs

How do you start a story – and push through to the end? In a Q&A with students on our Storytelling for Screenwriting online course, John Yorke offered some practical tips. Including when it’s right to kill a character, tell a lie, or write about a hairbrush….    ...

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