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According To Claudia
Won the Award for Best Play presented by Gwent Drama LeagueJuly 6th, 2015Really pleased to have received this award!Follow me on Twitter
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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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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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A Hat Trick on Amazon!
Over the moon (to quote Micky the ex-gangster in one of my plays) to see three of my plays now available on Amazon. I’m really pleased with the way my publisher Silvermoon have handled this – and hope to send … Continue reading
My Play on Amazon!
Words can’t describe how I felt when my publisher emailed me to say that my play ‘According to Claudia’ was now on Amazon. I went online and, sure enough, there it was. It’s an amazing feeling. Now begins the job … Continue reading
‘Claudia’ Goes from Strength to Strength!
I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t had a chance to update this blog so I’m desperately trying to catch up now. The good news is that not only did my play ‘According to Claudia’ have a successful run … Continue reading
‘Claudia’ comes to life!
So, we had the first rehearsal for my play ‘According to Claudia’ – good fun it was too. I couldn’t ask for a better cast. Angaharad Jones (Claudia), Karen Davies (Belle), Eloise Rossiter (Lucy), Paul Howells (Micky) Bob Brown (David). … Continue reading
