Over my 2 week holiday (back to work today, boo!) I read David Mamet’s Three Uses of the Knife. I can’t say I understood it all completely, but I got most of what he was saying*. One thing he mentioned was that the English language lends itself very neatly to the Iambic Pentameter, and that …
Monthly Archive: August 2005
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30
Aug
19
Uncle Andy!
I’m now officially an uncle! Hurrah! Congratulations to my sister and brother-in-law on the birth of their new baby boy. The meeting with Alex went really well. He seemed reasonably impressed with what I’d done so far, considering it was my first effort, and gave me some excellent ideas on how to improve it. It’ll …
Aug
18
And the answer is…
Yes. It is the same Alex Finbow who wrote and directed 24 Hours in London. Very exciting, as Dr Crabtree would say. Though why he should say it just after Jess has pointed out that it’s a woman’s only ritual, one can only guess. Probably something deeply Freudian going on there, but I shan’t dwell …
Aug
17
Up, up and away!
Went hot air ballooning this evening. Fantastic! I’d recommend it. Anyway, news from Screen South at last. They want me to go in on Friday to meet someone called Alex Finbow (cue gaffaws of laughter from my wife and cracks about meeting a yellow and green striped man). After doing a bit of research I …
Aug
10
Mystic Rhythms
It feels like someones put life on slo-mo at the moment. Must be something to do with the fact I have two weeks off work from next week and it can’t come soon enough. I’ve got as far as arranging to go over to Screen South at some point next week, and have handed the …
Aug
04
Writing Again
After days of fannying about with plot structures and web pages and suchlike, I’ve sat down this evening and actually written something. It felt good. Like getting out of a nice hot bath and getting into bed where there’s a fresh duvet cover and bedsheet. Luvly. Actually, I couldn’t stop myself, I came up with …
Aug
02
Village Life
A nasty sick bug forced me away from the computer for a few days at the end of last week and has given me the space I need from the editing, which has been refreshing. Instead, I’ve spent the past couple of days developing a web page that will show my Dramatica PSR reports, along …