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Author Archives: Ian Cundell
A date for your diary
Julie Mayhew’s play Stopgap airs on Radio 4 tomorrow, 8 September. 2:15pm. Oh, and the new VWC season starts at 8pm.
Posted in Radio, Writers in action
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Knowing why we cry
I have been thinking about last week’s finale of Dr Who (or rather the last two weeks, it was a two parter). I know what you’re thinking: a) you sad git and b) what’s that got to do with crying? … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Film and TV scriptwriting, Inspiration, Technique
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Operational note
We now haz mobile capabilities. Innit. Check it out on your iPhone Droid-y thing.
Posted in Passing fancies
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Oh, sod off
It is because we don’t have one of these that English is the global language. In the English language, the rules are, as often as not, more honor’d in the breach than the observance.
Memo to fans: let the storyteller tell it
The past week has seen the conclusion of two popular (probably influential, arguably seminal) TV series, the BBC’s Life on Mars/ Ashes to Ashes and ABC’s Lost. Both series dealt with strikingly similar themes (I’ll put them under the broad … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Film and broadcast, Technique
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Welsh men might be offended
Our chum Imran Ahmad shares his experience of visiting the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai. And possibly offends half the Welsh nation at the same time.
Posted in Competitions and festivals
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The Get Writing 2010 Conference Cup
In all the post-Get Writing 2010 hubbub, I’ve just noticed that we completely forgot to record the result of the Get Writing Short Story competition. As a wise man once said: oops. So, for the record: GW10 was the first … Continue reading
Get Writing 2010: Don’t take our word for it
Helen J Beal has been most generous with her praise
Posted in Competitions and festivals, Inspiration
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year….
…from everyone at Verulam Writers’ Circle. (Although don’t feel obliged to marry Christmas, as my initial mistyping for the headline said).
Posted in On writing
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