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Feeling the Heat
At six thirty this morning the temperature in the office was 23 degrees. I’m following the new regime. Windows open until the sun gets on them. Then close the windows and the blinds and work in the muggy gloom. It seems to help. Best of all is shifting the pattern of the working day. Getting [...]
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The New Workspace
Ok, so it needs a little work. At the moment you take your life in your hands opening the door. On the plus side it’s a long way from the house at the bottom of the garden and there’s no chance of an internet connection. What more could you want? Well, a coffee machine, obviously. [...]
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The Thriller
I’ve finally got a draft of the thriller. It’s come out at about 75 mins which probably isn’t long enough. I’m tempted to send it straight off to D, but wiser to sit on it for a few days. I should enjoy this moment. It may be as good as it gets. It’s 1.30. I’m [...]
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Darwin and The Bluethroat
After watching yet another excellent doc about Darwin I started the day with a good idea. It ocurred to me that the screenplay for The Bluethroat currently languishing in the bottom drawer is, among other things, about the emergence of Eugenics – Darwinism’s dark shadow. It may be a bit late in the day to [...]
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Drumming for Beginners (i)
The girl’s school across the road has expanded into some of the houses along the street. The house immediately opposite the room where I work has become the music block. The bay fronted bedroom now houses a drum kit. The drummers get hot and open the windows. Result: boom-badda-boom-badda boom. The drums could have gone [...]
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The Right Fuel
There are things you can do without when you spend a day at home at the desk, but coffee – and decent coffee at that – isn’t one of them. It gets you there in the morning, rewards you at lunchtime, and with careful timing can get you the perfect siesta. In my time I’ve [...]
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TBITR II
2009 and The Boy in The Room is moving slowly forward. Too slowly, but at the moment that’s the way life is. I’m in the strange position of adapting for the stage a radio play which wasn’t actually written in the first place. It ought to be straightforward but then if a radio play is [...]
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Integrity 1, Income 0
Fuck. I’ve now been offered the perfect opportunity to admit the last entry was at best misguided and at worst, a load of bollocks. The BBC has turned down TBITR. Except that I’m not going to. I thought long and hard about taking the suggestion offered by the commissioner. In the end I decided he [...]
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Asking the right question
When script editors, producers, commissioners, money-men or, as in one case I’d happily forget, the boyfriend of one of the business staff, responds to your work suggesting changes you always have choices. You can just do as they say and bend over (see Pirates and Mermaids below). You can dig your heels in, refuse to [...]
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Pirates and Mermaids
A long time ago when I was smarter than I am now I wrote a piece for a collection of pirate stories. The pirate ship hauled a mermaid up in their nets who promptly started singing, sent the pirates into a daze, and took over the ship. In the end they were saved by the [...]
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