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Tinta Viva – Psychology and Disillusionment
This week, we talked about Flaubert and Mme Bovary. The task this time was to “reveal a character’s psychology and disillusionment through the contrast between their expectations and their reality”
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Tinta Viva – Monologue
Here we go, first task for the Tinta Viva workshop . Take one of the phrases taken from the Odyssey and use it to create a monologue.
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Tinta Viva: Writing Between Two Languages
Tinta Viva: Writing Between Two Languages. A writing workshop to explore language(s).
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What Does It Take to Fly? – A Children’s Book
On writing for children, the four forces of flight, and why understanding something never makes it smaller. My book “What Does It Take to Fly?” is out now on Apple Books in English and Spanish — plus a note on playwriting, counselling studies, and where a scriptwriting MA might fit.
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Creating Consistent Characters with AI
I wrote a children’s book, then tried to illustrate it — and the same girl wouldn’t survive thirty pages. The problem wasn’t my prompts. It was that the model has no object permanence, and no amount of describing her fixes that.
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Unexpected Inspiration
Having a day off by the seaside. Just off the Easter Bank Holiday and with quite a few activities recently — from directing plays to a course in counselling, new cloud platform at work and some technical writing proposals — I decided to take an extra day off. Recharging batteries and enjoying the sunshine with a nice sea breeze. Unexpectedly inspired to write… Glad I had a pen and my trusted notebook! I had…
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Directing at OSO – Writers’ Studio Spring 2026
Back in rehearsal rooms this week. 🎭 Earlier this week I went back to OSO ARTS CENTRE | The theatre on Barnes Pond for the first table read with the actors I’ll be directing in two short plays for the Spring Writers’ Studio Showcase later this month. This will be my third Writers’ Studio in a row as a director, and it’s always a real pleasure to be invited back. One of the aspects…