Great news from DSW member Richard, whose short story Coming of Age in Fairy will be featured in City Limits Publishing's latest collection, Another Place, Another Time: A Collection of Short Stories -congratulations, Richard!
Derbyshire Scriptwriters (DSW) have been meeting since 1997, developing our scripts for genres including film, television, theatre and radio.
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Sunday, 6 December 2020
December 2020 meeting roundup
Our final meeting of 2020 was over the internet again, with a great deal of discussion about the merits of outdoor performances alongside DSW member Johns ghostly tale in the park.
And as a new, and hopefully brighter new year is around the corner, a number of DSW members have been awarded Bursaries and will be attending Quad courses in January 2021.
Wishing you all a happy and safe Christmas and New Year!
Tuesday, 3 November 2020
November Online Meetup report
DSW continue to share writing opportunities and support each other
during these difficult times. Our November meeting happened via Zoom and
members who were awarded a bursary towards the cost of Quad will be receiving
cheques shortly. The bursary was used to attend Alex Davies' excellent
Ghost Writing session - and the group is looking forward to being able to work
with local actors on a ghostly project in the future. Two members enjoyed
being part of a lively online reading group hosted by another DSW member.
Next month we will be meeting on line, and look forward to having a ghostly
script to critique.
Thursday, 16 July 2020
The New Normal for Now: DSW July Meetup

Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Socially Distanced DSW meetup Sun 12th Jul

Derbyshire Scriptwriters have continued to support each other and critique scripts over recent difficult months.
Some DSW members will be meeting in a member's outdoor space, weather permitting, on Sunday 12th July to critique two short scripts and deal with a short business agenda and have a sociable catch-up.
Anyone interested in coming should contact the Secretary for details on email: secretary@derbyshirescriptwriters.com
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Monthly meetings postponed for now
Wednesday, 19 February 2020
DSW Members develop skills at Derby Quad
The morning and the afternoon sessions were interesting, helpful and well timed for DSW as members are looking forward to bringing their own short plays 'from page to performance' later this year.
Local writer Tina Jay and Director Jack Brett Anderson were generous and helpful and inspirational. Jack will be Directing Tina's current play 'Syndrome' at the Tristam Bates Theatre in London in February and we thank them, and wish them every success with the play.
Also thanks to Alex Davies at Quad for hosting these two excellent workshops.
Monday, 17 February 2020
Get your writing started in 2020 with DSW member and writing tutor Chrissie
For details go to www.lifestorywriting.co.uk and click on 'courses and events'.