Archive for the 'Toolkit' Category

Creative Collaboration Online: New Tools

Gordon White September 12th, 2008

Everyone has to try this. It’s called Dropbox and it allows you to access, share and update multiple media files wherever you happen to be. This is very handy especially as most creative collaborations… From multi-blogs right up to feature films have a tendency to be cross-platform, global affairs. Anyway, go and watch the video and see what [...]

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Podcasts And Radio Plays: Inspiration And Advice

Gordon White August 13th, 2008

Caught up with an old writer friend in London, yesterday. I’ve moved to London. Have I told you that, yet? Anyway, we got to talking about old projects, projects that are still doing the rounds, which scripts/plays you use… You know… Writerly things. I happened to ask about a screenplay she used as her calling card [...]

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Podcasts For Writers - Not Your Average Playlist

Gordon White August 1st, 2008

What follows is the ’small screens approved’ podcast playlist. Some of them may seem off-topic at first -at least compared to ‘classic’ screenwriting material-  but trust me. I frikking love podcasts. I would go so far as to say I am about podcasts. In fact, my favourite Saturdays involve getting up reasonably early (for a weekend), [...]

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Graphic Novels: 5 Quick Tips For Would-Be Writers

Gordon White July 30th, 2008

This post came about largely because of a really great interview with Alan Moore that I saw on Neil Gaiman’s blog. One of the great things about the post-Long Tail world is that niche stories can find niche audiences. Throw in some print on demand, self promotion through social media and you have some pretty good [...]

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Record Podcasts In The Field - Make Your iPod Pull Its Weight For Once

Gordon White July 13th, 2008

The next step in the revenge of the radio plays is recording in the field. Despite your best efforts you may find that staging every story you create in front of a Mac Book becomes a little difficult -especially if you are writing a period drama. But I found this new little toy on engaget and [...]

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Toys For Mac Screen Writers

Gordon White July 4th, 2008

Having just finished up my job last week in preparation for our move to London, I have rediscovered the joys of playing on my personal Mac. Usually I just use whatever computer I am on to post something and because I am a workaholic that tends to be the work laptop. Anyway, here’s a really handy/fun application [...]

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