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I am the resident playwright for Theatrefolk (www.theatrefolk.com). We publish playscripts specifically for schools and student performers. I've been writing for fourteen years and teaching playwriting for eight.

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Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to create interesting characters: 6 of 43
The most interesting characters come alive in the smallest details: a favourite food, a favourite type of music, a fear of spiders, an allergy to plums, a scar from a fall at two years of age, a love of reality television. These details are what makes a character three dimensional and human. They may seem mundane, but think a... More..
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Finding the writer within each of us: 4 of 26
Finding the writer within.There is a writer inside every person. Some just don't know where to look to find their inner writer, and some get confused by the term 'writer.'We all write every day. It's impossible to avoid: there are emails, texts, project proposals, letters, reports. Pen to paper, keyboard to computer every ind... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Process (Other) Do great writers rely more on effort or insight?: 9 of 55
This is somewhat of a trick question as there isn't a third option: writers relying equally on effort and insight. Great writers need both to succeed, they need the insight to keep creating new ideas, new projects and the effort to write continuously when inspiration fails. But this is not the purpose of the debate and a choi... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing for Success Networking: Why writers need other writers: 5 of 28
Networking: a system of things or people; the sharing of information among individuals and groups with a common interest; connection and communication within a group; the development and use of contacts.Writing can be a lonely profession. It's you, your imagination and the page. There is no automatic built in communication sy... More..
Arts & Humanities > William Shakespeare Is Shakespeare's writing incomprehensible?: 9 of 37
Hard? Yes.Incomprehensible? No.It takes a little work, a lot of practice and a really good dictionary but you too can fully understand Shakespeare. Here's how:Make it modern.It's important to remember that when Shakespeare worked on his plays, he was not writing in an archaic, foreign, hard to understand language. He was writ... More..
Food & Drink > Fast Food The best fast food burger: 4 of 16
The Best Fast Food Burger I have nothing against fast food. I'm rather fond of it actually. It's a soothing, thoroughly enjoyable guilty pleasure on the same level as reality tv; it's not sophisticated, it's not high falutin', there's certainly a time and place for it. I don't believe in food snobbery, particularly since ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to find writing ideas: 13 of 48
The first piece of writing, that play, novel, short story, and so on may have come easy for you. It's the inspiration that drove you to begin writing - it had all the spark, the fire. But what happens when you've finished the first project and have no ideas for the second? You know you want to keep writing, but where do you f... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to get over blank page syndrome: 3 of 11
Blank Page Syndrome There's no worse feeling for a writer. A blank page with out a single scratch. Nothing on your computer screen but a blinking cursor. No ideas, no words, no sentences. The well has run dry and you haven't even started. Perhaps it's your first project, or your third or your thirtieth. How long have you bee... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips General writing tips and tools for everyone: 2 of 7
Tools for the Writer: The Dictionary is Your Friend."The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter-it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning." - Mark TwainWriters love words. Some might say that writers are obsessed with words, with finding the right words. In... More..
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Defining the art of writing: 4 of 13
The art of writing is something near and dear to my heart. It's my passion, it's what I do to make a living and that thrills me to know end. But trying to describe what writing is to others has often proved a intangible task: I am asked all the time about writing but the answer never satisfies the asker. 'How do you write?' I... More..