Thought for the Day

"Writers: next time you read or watch something, ask yourself every 10 minutes why you're still interested. Very useful for your own work."

~ Jason Arnopp, screenwriter, via Twitter

On Plot and Dramatic Structure

If you're not reading Chuck Wendig's Terrible Minds blog... why not?

Only the other day he posted this fantastic piece on the intricacies of plot.

And while we're on the subject, Jason Arnopp (soon to be famous the world over for writing Stormhouse) posted this little anecdote on Facebook which sums up dramatic structure as succinctly as you could ever imagine.

How a young Alan Plater's agent dismissively summed up dramatic structure: "Oh darling, it's two or three surprises followed by an even bigger surprise". Love that.

Steven Moffat on writing

Screenwriter, novelist and journalist Jason Arnopp has posted a couple of interviews he undertook with Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat. For any aspiring writer, or anyone interested in the creative process at all, they make for very interesting reading.

To read about Moffat's views on the power of secrets, click here and scroll down the page. On Moffat's current writings practices and writing for New Who, click here.