Well here we are, almost at the end of April and a third of the way through the year! What has Trashtastika been doing? (Other than speaking about herself in the third person!) Strangely enough, my hair, and changes therein, have a lot of story to tell. Here’s a quick vlog to bring you up […] Read more…
I’m writing today from Phuket, Thailand, having completed my first short film “The Morning After“, in Siem Reap Cambodia – at the age of 52! Never one to do things quite the same way as everyone else, me. The film started life as a writing exercise for my screenwriting course at AFTRS, and boy, would I […] Read more…
You know when you see a snippet of a trailer for a sitcom or web series and you think: “wow, that’s my kind of show”? Well, I definitely had that response when I first saw the trailer for upcoming web series Bruce. Bruce the show Written by Warwick Holt and Mat Blackwell, it was directed/produced by the […] Read more…
I’m continuing to learn SO much in my Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting: Series Television course at AFTRS. I haven’t yet written much about the course, but one of our subjects was Production Process and the Writer. The Assignment There were two assignments or tasks: a written report where we interview a series television scriptwriter (coming soon), and a video assignment […] Read more…
Ahem! Well, it’s been RATHER a long time between posts hasn’t it? *whistles* There’s a device in TV shows and films called a ‘reversal’, which is a plot twist that reveals something new, reversing the audience’s expectation, and spinning the plot off in a new direction. (For more on reversals, see Five Types Of Plot Twists) […] Read more…
How do you go about writing a show for live performance? As with everything else, it starts with an idea. For me, I knew I wanted to do a musical which used songs from the 80’s/90’s by gothic & darkwave artists – such as the Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees etc. reason being, I have […] Read more…
Well, it’s now some weeks since I wrote the last post – and “In Between Days” has been and gone! I was far too busy rehearsing and co-ordinating everything & everyone to do with the production, to make time to write here. Read more…
I’ve decided to start a new blog, as my life is taking me in new directions. Not that I’ll ever stop travelling or being interested in fashion (as explored in The Fashionate Traveller), but for now, I’m exploring my creativity in other ways. Read more…