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screenwriting
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television
writing for drama
writing for TV
Product details
- ISBN 9781914168079
- Dimensions: 120 x 178mm
- Publication Date: 05 May 2022
- Publisher: The Do Book Co
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Have you ever said, 'I'd love to write a script, but don't know where to start'? Or watched the latest binge-worthy Netflix series and thought you could do better? Do Drama explores the how and why of writing drama, not as an instruction manual, but as a lively conversation with one of Britain's most prolific and successful screenwriters, Lucy Gannon. And she didn't write her first play until she was 39. By sharing what she has learned over three decades of writing primetime drama on TV and radio, she will now help you to: write your script from the first scene to the last; create vivid characters with a personality and a past; develop storylines, structure and write a treatment; understand how the industry works so you can take your next step. Writing drama is not about education, class or cleverness, it's about your deep desire to tell stories, to create characters, finding the humour alongside the pathos, to delight and enthral millions. There is no golden pathway into production. But the world is hungry for talent. You are the talent. So, what are you waiting for?
Lucy Gannon is the daughter of a British soldier. Her mother died when she was seven and by the age of eleven she had attended nine schools. Classed as "educationally subnormal", she left school as soon as she could and moved around the world for a few years. When she was nearly 40 twice married, broke and working in a care home she heard about a playwriting competition, the Richard Burton Drama Award, funded by his widow, Sally. With no hope of winning it, but daydreaming about the GBP2,000 prize money, she started her first script, a theatre play called Keeping Tom Nice. She won first prize and went on to become one of Britain s most prolific and successful scriptwriters (Soldier, Soldier, Peak Practice, Bramwell, and many other mini-series, films, theatre plays and radio dramas). She has won numerous awards across theatre, radio and television, including the Prix Europa for her first TV film A Small Dance, a Bafta Cymru for Dad and an RTS writers award for The Best of Men. In 1997 she was awarded an MBE for services to television drama. She now lives and writes in West Wales.
