NEWS | Outstanding Cast Announced For ‘A Fistful of Scripts’ [Season 2]

An outstanding cast for ‘A Fistful of Scripts’ [Season 2]. Full cast bio's are now available.

NEWS | 'A Kind Of Destiny' - Voyeurism At Its Best!

'A Kind Of Destiny' recently had a staged reading at Working Title Playwrights in Georgia, USA. Anyone who has fond memories of our Open Mic nights at Exeter College, Oxford is a chance to have their interest piqued by this development.

NEWS | Wise Words Media Speaks At Williamstown Literary Festival

I've been invited to present a workshop on screenwriting at 2011 Williamstown Literary Festival which takes place Friday 29 April - Sunday 1 May, 2011.

ACTING | Going The Distance With 'Shortbread'

Back in late February I moseyed on down to Moorabbin for an audition. Not long after I found out

SHORT STORY | How I Killed My Favourite Character

What would it be like to write from the point of view of a character who existed solely so you could kill him/her off? What would it be like to be that character? Guess what? I found out

NEWS | Wise Words Media Launches Another 'Fistful of Scripts'

A gathering of Melbourne's most talented and driven writers, actors and directors join creative forces again for an afternoon of script-readings at Theatre Works, Acland St Kilda, on Sunday 3rd April 2011 at 7pm.

Wise Words Media is pleased to announce another 'Fistful of Scripts'.

A Fistful of Scripts brings life to the written word for both theatre and screen by a gathering of Melbourne's most talented and driven writers, actors and directors. The artists will once again join creative forces for an afternoon of script-readings at Theatre Works, Acland St, St Kilda on Sunday 3rd April 2011 at 7pm.

CONFERENCE | 'Killing Time' - Case Study

One of the best seminar sessions came on Day Two. It was a case study of the recently completed TV series 'Killing Time' starring David Wenham.

Writer's Mac Gudgeon, Sean Grant and Katherine Thomson spoke in detail about how they approached this project.

CONFERENCE | Nicholas Myer - In Conversation

The first thing you need to know about US writer Nicholas Myer is that he is not a trekkie!

But he was the subject of a special guest appearance on Day Two of the AWG conference. The New York native brought a brusque form of humour that was a hit with all those assembled. He also brought razor sharp insight into his experiences writing and directing for films such as 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan', 'Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home' and 'The Human Stain'.

He is now working on a screenplay about Theodore Roosevelt with Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio.

CONFERENCE | Jimmie McGovern - In Conversation

This is the first in a series of articles that will share my experiences at the 2011 National Screenwriters Conference, held at Phillip Island in Victoria. Held in February, it was hosted by the Australian Writers Guild.

UK writer Jimmie McGovern was the subject of a special guest appearance on Day One. A native of Liverpool, he is responsible for TV shows such as 'Cracker' and 'Brookside'.

The article below is an extract of the discussion he had with that day's host.