Mentors

There’s a compulsion. Maybe it's writing. Taking photos. Making music. Whatever your compulsion is. How do you take it and turn it into a life doing it.

How Brecht became Brecht.

“This is my first attempt at a sonnet. I must work harder”. (Bertolt Brecht).

Reasons you shouldn't get ChatGPT to write your essays for you.

And also one big reason why you should still use it.

Advice for Freelancers - A Guest Post from Coach Sarah Fox

A guest post from Sarah Fox, Coach and Founder of “Do Good and Do Well”. Sarah talks about some of the main issues freelancers face and provides relevant advice and resources.

The Vertigo of Translation

The act of translating a play or a drama induces a sort of vertigo-like feeling, where the number of choices one is presented with seems to create a kind of hall of mirrors effect.

Flywheels

I've been reading about the idea of flywheels in business and have been thinking of how they apply to creative work.

Don't let your education get in the way of your learning.

Mark Twain said "Don't let your Education get in the way of your Learning." Unfortunately, I didn't listen to him.

On sitting in cafes thinking of writers.

The book 'Oases' by the late Scottish writer Alastair Reid is probably the book I have given most to people. I met Alastair when I spent three days in New York with himself and my uncle, the late Dr Finlay Macleod, to film a documentary about him and his work.

The Role of the Dramaturg

I talked to a number of Dramaturgs and Literary Managers (mainly UK based for this blog post) in order to better understand their role and how they both support a writer during the playwriting process, and the production as a whole.