When I reflect on any significant relationship in my life, that person has often gifted me something. Mark Talbot-Butler, who I just found out died last night, gave me the gift of rigorously high standards. Mark was best known for being a film editor, something I experienced first hand with him more than once. I […]
In the run up to Christmas, we ran a children’s book challenge to write one of twenty five short stories that we would then publish in a book, and also ask Santa to read! One for every night in December. We have uploaded then all now to watch here. Huge thanks to all the writers, […]
You can now get the book on Amazon HERE. As ever, debate among the judges was heated, but we finally arrived at a list! Please do leave a comment on this post, and if you are not on the list, keep going, it’s an insane job to judge art. We may also sneak some bonus […]
Deadline Dec 6th midnight GMT // 1,000 Words or fewer ‘Twisted 50: The Ghosts of Christmas’ is a collection of winter spine tinglers, fifty stories of the paranormal, fifty writers… fifty slices of terror. This special volume will be published on December 16th, just in time for that extra special gift this season… Can you […]
You can now get the book on Amazon HERE. Wow, well that was a whirlwind! We had 230 stories submitted to this initiative and each one was read by four experienced readers before selecting the 25 to go into the book. I plan to share an analysis of the experience in the coming days so […]
I just found out that Richie Brown, one of our writers from Create50, has sadly died. Richie was a prolific writer for Create50 and a huge supporter, both publically, and behind the scenes. A handful of writers really committed to elevating the whole Twisted50 experience for everyone, and Richie was one of them. During the […]
There are so many facets to direction, but Chris McQuarrie is bang on here… Lens, Light and Location. It’s just part of this killer interview he did with Chris Lockhart which is worth the watch. But this part REALLY resonated with so many lessons I have learned the hard way. Lens, Light and Location. Of […]
SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED This Christmas I am inviting you to write a bedtime story for children. Are you in? We want to create some magic for families around the world and get all of us… imagining, dreaming, creating, writing, rewriting, peer reviewing… and all on a short timescale and low word count. We will select […]
