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George Martin Turned Down My Band!
The death of Beatles producer George Martin marks the end of an era. He was as much a part of the Fab Fours’ legend as the lads themselves. Hard to imagine anyone else being able to take the sounds they … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, AIR London, Crosby Stills & Nash, demo tape, Devon, Drew Millin, Frank Zappa, George Martin, John Peel, Music, Phil Mansell, The Beatles, The BOI, Torquay, Virgin Records, Wild Man Fischer
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In Praise of Enid Blyton’s Adventure Books
As it’s World Book Day it seems appropriate to remember the author who first got me really excited about reading and writing. From the age of five I was taken by my mother to the magnificent old library on Soho … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, adventure, banned, best-seller, boarding school, children's authors, crooks, Enid Blyton, Handsworth Library, inspirational, J.K.Rowling, Phil Mansell, plot, R.L.Stevenson, Roald Dahl, secret caves, sexist, shipwrecked, smugglers, talking parrot, The Famous Five, The Valley of Adventure, treasure, World Book Day, writing and re-writing, xenophobia, yarn
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Art for Children’s books
As a break from writing plays, I recently had an idea for a book for children in the 9 – 12 age range. I’d stumbled across a website about Enid Blyton and it reminded me of how much I enjoyed … Continue reading
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Tagged art by Phil Mansell, artwork, children's books, illustration, new writing, Phil Mansell, playwright
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Writing about Top Secret Shenanigans
Surveillance, incompetence, blame and knife-throwing are just some of the themes running through my latest play to be published by Silver Moon. ‘A Clandestine Operation’ is set in a room where two men and their supervisor are keeping an eye … Continue reading
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Tagged A Clandestine Operation, amateur theatre, Amazon, amdram, blame game, book cover, drama, film noire, interrogation, keyhole, knife-throwing, locked door, new writing, Phil Mansell, Plays by Phil Mansell, playwright, plot, Silvermoon Publishing, steampunk, surveillance
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A fool’s errand…or a deadly trap?
I’ve just sent off another play to my publisher Silvermoon. ‘The Seventh Suitcase’ is a play I’ve been working on for some time. At last, I’m happy with it – and hope to direct it in the Studio at the … Continue reading
Creating Characters Using Scrivener
As I’ve just had three stage plays made available on Amazon I thought it was time to share how I write plays – and indeed most things, including this blog. Quite simply, I use Scrivener. It’s the writing tool I … Continue reading
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Tagged According To Claudia, amateur theatre, Amazon, amdram, Award-winner, Bunkered by Phil Mansell, creating characters, Dolman Theatre, drama, new writing, Newport Playgoers, Phil Mansell, playwright, plot, Poor Yorick by Phil Mansell, script, Scrivener, Silvermoon Publishing, stage play, Studio theatre, the stage, writing and re-writing, writing tips
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