Trumpet blowing
Brief news today and I don’t mean news about underwear. I mean I’ve not been out and about much (as usual) and have been busy at home, but still, I’ve got some good news to share with you, personal though it is.
I have the results of my scriptwriting course, the one I started in March with the South Africa Writer’s College. It was Adriana who suggested I try a course with them, they are good courses and because of the exchange rates, affordable. So, I went for the scriptwriting one out of interest more than anything else. I started off in March and had to work through 10 sections in six months, with notes to read, background books to read (luckily I had, out of interest, read most of them in the past) and then writing exercises to do. The last part of the course, which was marked separately and then added to the coursework marks on the other nine modules, was to write a script. You may remember me telling you this before. I did that and sent it off – a quirky comedy set on a Greek island, as I do. Yesterday I received the results and final course verdict. Along with some very helpful feedback on backstory and other things from an ‘Industry, independent adjudicator’ and my tutor, were some other fun feedback and notes, including:
“Your characters come so vividly to life, the humour is quirky, and unpredictable, you play with stereotypes but never in a lazy way, there’s so much to enjoy here.
You have a wonderful sense of humour and great observational abilities, and the combination of those shines through in this script.”
And my favourite part from Chris McEvoy, the independent adjudictor:
“Wow, this was fun to read – I really enjoyed it. It’s weird and quite original, and pretty funny too, and your characters, although all at least slightly insane, are well developed.”
So, having blowed me own trumpet I’ll pop off now and think about writing a TV sitcom. Oh, btw, the overall score was 87% out of 100%.
