Helping writers master their craft, productivity, teaching artistry and digital presence.

Most creative people are brilliant at their art but struggle with the 'invisible' parts of a creative life: organizing a writing workflow, understanding the digital landscape (like SEO), or teaching their skills to others effectively. I created this commonplace book to solve that. It also serves as a place to learn in public.

Hi, my name is Iain F Macleod. I'm a Scottish writer and I write about the craft of writing, strategies for being a better learning and productivity for artists.

I work as a professional writer, for theatre, film & tv, radio and novels. I've been lucky enough to work internationally a number of times, as well as in the role of adaptor of the works of other for theatre and film. This page has more information on my work.

I've worked as a mentor for writers and led workshops for organisations like the Scottish Books Trust, the National Theatre of Scotland, Moniack Mhor and Playwrights' Studio Scotland.

Doing a Postgraduate Masters at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Learning & Teaching really developed my interest in being a Teaching Artist.

Some more detail on the main topics I like to write and learn about:

Playwriting & Dramaturgy for writers/Screenwriting/ - learning more about the craft and developing as a writer. Looking at how writers can use dramaturgical techniques and approaches to develop their own practice.

Writing craft - whether that is for creative writing, non-fiction or blogging.

Working as a Teaching Artist - the intersection of being an artist and teaching others, and how it helps you develop as an artist well as passing it forward. Getting better at learning and understanding how learning happens means that you can develop whichever skills you want in a quicker and more effective way.

Productivity for artists - Organising your writing life, developing and delivering work to the best of our abilities.

I'm also interested in mental models and approaches, which can be used in a writing context. For example, I've written some posts on using coaching techniques in the script development process here.

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