What you are looking for when you develop a character are experiences or memories that have shaped her. The process will often reveal traits that wouldn’t have been obvious to...

“Don’t expect the puppets of your mind to become the people of your story. If they are not realities in your own mind, there is no mysterious alchemy in ink...

In Part 1 of this article, I wrote: ‘. . . it’s not enough to simply keep firing obstacles into the path of your central character. You have to create...

You have an idea. It’s nibbling away at the side of your brain begging to be written. But it wants to be written for the screen. It’s a feature film,...

I’m headed out to Ballymun today to watch a rehearsal of my play For Saoirse, a play I have on out there as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival. For...

One from the archives: this second part of Caren Kennedy’s articles on TV Treatments is visited again and again by our readers. When thinking about possible ideas for a television...

One from the archives: this is by far one of the most popular articles on Writing.ie. You don’t need me to tell you television is a vast and growing market....

When most people think of ‘screenwriting’ they frequently think of ‘the movies!’ But these days, many would argue that there are even greater opportunities for writers to see their work...

First published back in 2012, this article is consistently one of the most popular resource pieces from the extensive Writing.ie archive. Synopsis.  Summary.  Two words capable of striking fear into...

However much we prepare to condense our 400 page book into a two-hour film and learn the art and technicalities of screenwriting, there are a few traps that our novel-writing...