Introduction


We will use this page to share provocations, tips, tutorials and advice all with the aim of helping you shape and develop your writing practice. Each resource approaches things from their writers own perspective – so take from each one what you like!

Writing resources

Inspiration

EXTRACT: Five essential playwriting tips from Stephen Jeffreys

How do you write a great play? Renowned dramatist and teacher Stephen Jeffreys lays out five things to think about, in these extracts from his…
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Naomi Iizuka- archive workshop on telling ghost stories

Telling Ghost Stories with Naomi Iizuka, hosted by Berkeley Rep at UC San Diego  In this workshop we join the multi-award winning Naomi Iizuka with…
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Suggested Layout Guidelines

The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting has only one requirement in your script layout. Anonymity is at the heart of the reading process, so to protect…
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Archive workshop with Patricia Cornelius- Lovely, lovely, sometimes ugly dialogue

Patricia Cornelius- Lovely, lovely, sometimes ugly dialogue-  Hosted live on March 25th with Playwriting Australia    Recommended 14+    Playwriting Australia  Playwriting Australia are the Australian…
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REPOST- Joanna Murray-Smith – Life Experience and the Dramatic Journey

Live from Australia with Playwriting Australia- 2017 4 May, 9am,-11am BST   Joanna’s plays have been produced all over the world. In this international live-streamed…
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REPOST: Theatricality & the world of your play by Nell Leyshon

The role of the playwright has changed over time and has become very varied. A playwright she can find herself working on very collaborative projects,…
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REPOST- Duncan Macmillan’s Scenic Checklist

Duncan won two Bruntwood Awards (2005) for his play MONSTER (Royal Exchange). Other plays include LUNGS (Paines Plough/Sheffield Theatres and Studio Theatre Washington DC), REISE…
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REPOST: Making History- David Edgar

Tony Blair is reputed to have said that the problem with history is that it’s all in the past. This was the view of the…
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