Derbyshire Scriptwriters

Hello, we'll be back at Derby Museum this Sunday to talk through DSW member Richard's script- if you'd like to join us, come along and say hello, or get in touch through our email - joinus@derbyshirescriptwriters.com

Hello, we'll be back at Derby Museum on Sunday 7th June from 2-4pm - if you'd like to join us, you can reach us here: joinus@derbyshirescriptwriters.co.uk

Hello, our next meeting is our Annual General Meeting, an official roundup of our year as well as the election of our board team for the next twelve months. With that in mind, it's a good time to say a big thank you to Chrissie, Richard and Mike for their work for DSW over the last twelve months. Our next script- focused meeting will be in June - we'll keep you posted with the date and time soon.

Happy Easter! If you're not too full of eggs and hot cross buns, we'll be at Derby Museum discussing one of our member's current work in progress, to offer feedback and support as they make their story work. If you'd like to talk scriptwriting, come an join us - we'll be there from 2pm to 4pm- for more information, contact us through joinus@derbyshirescriptwriters.com

We'll be shouting 'white rabbits' and discussing our scriptwriting works in progress this Sunday at Derby Museum from 2pm - if you'd like to join us, send an email to joinus@derbyshirescriptwriters.com.

Happy New Year! Now the final turkey vol-au-vent has been munched, it's time to say hello to a new year of writing. Derbyshire Scriptwriters are kickstarting 2015 with a write in on Sunday 4 January, and anyone writing for stage, screen or radio is welcome to join us. Write-ins are a great way of forcing all those good story ideas out of our head and onto the page, with a little peer pressure from fellow writers who are doing the same thing around you. We'll spend a couple of minutes telling one another what we'll be working on, take out our pads, pens and laptops, and get going! There'll be time to talk about what we've achieved at the end, and if anyone is feeling brave, maybe a reading... This is your year to write - make it happen!

Derbyshire Scriptwriters is open to anyone with an active interest in scriptwriting for screen, stage or radio - most meetings involve a critique of a member's work, which may be brand new, or something that has been reviewed by ourselves in the past. We meet on the first Tuesday of the month from 7pm to 9pm in Derby Library's Reading Rooms on the Strand (which is around the back of the library building): View Larger Map There'll be a post on the blog to let you know what's coming up in the next meeting (Tuesday 1st June 2010), and members are always welcome. If you'd like to come along and say hello, get in touch by email: joinus@derbyshirescriptwriters.com

First post. Hmm. For me, there's a strange commitment to the first words on the page; and the notion of changing them, or deleting them, or ignoring them completely in the future feels a bit like an act of betrayal to the story idea you first had. Of course by the time you reach the end, it's likely they're not the right first words any more. You've spent more time with the characters in the story; they're doing things you didn't expect they'd do at the start. In fact, the story might need to start from somewhere else entirely. It's a point that regularly comes up when members' scripts are reviewed in Derbyshire Scriptwriters' monthly crit sessions; and it's fantastic to see how the group's thoughts can help give you a fresh point of view on what really counts - getting your script to tell the heart of your story. So, here comes our next first post; if you feel something's missing, just wait 'til you see the rewrite...