What a day. I met my producer at Claridges today. Our first viewing of Madeleine as a final cut. I got there early so took the chance to...

Choosing your stories

My voice is louder in writing than it is in speaking. It's easier to express myself on the page. Well, at least that’s what I always thought

When I first saw this Hemingway quote I couldn’t help feeling it made him sound a bit arrogant and smug. However, it also happens to be...

So, it’s finally arrived. My first New Year’s Eve alone in more than twenty years. In fact, now I come to think of it, it may be my first

A skilled writer is not necessarily a great one. I believe it is the qualities writers possess, rather than just their skills, that make...

Great writing, like great music or art, is highly physical. Well, at least for me it is. I know I’ve written well when I feel utterly...

I read Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley many years ago and its title has stayed with me ever since. Gaza, in the sense of our...

I’ve been quiet on here for a while. For the best of reasons. I’m concentrating on my novel which is taking up more and more of my time...

I get ready for writing, the way I would get ready for a date. A very special date coming to visit me at my house. My eyes scan the...

I woke up to a winter wonderland this morning and almost ran to the park. I couldn’t wait to get there. I know it sounds a bit weird,...

I do my best thinking and story creation when I take the limits of time and schedule away. All my best stories have come to me this way....

I've got home after the last day of the London Screenwriters' Festival absolutely buzzing and high as a kite (no drugs involved!). I've...

At first, although I tried to write everyday I didn’t always succeed. Then I came across Go Into the Story and found tons of invaluable...

The short answer is, just about anywhere. That's what I love most about writing. You can do it anywhere, anytime. However, I do have...

Finding my voice has been perhaps the most difficult struggle of the last year (writing how others think I’m supposed to write,...

The quick answer is that I simply have to. It’s my way of making sense of the world and it’s also my playground in that I can create my...

At the end of last year I made a promise to myself. I'd just lost my job and as I started filling in endless job applications, I...