Dennis Kelly is a British scriptwriter, playwright and producer who is perhaps best known for writing the TV series Utopia (2013) and Black Sea (2014). Last Friday, a group of Year 2 Film Production students were given the opportunity to talk with Dennis Kelly over Skype, specifically focusing on script-writing. Dennis shared his writing experiences with the group, and gave tips and advice on how to better their writing skills. Here are some of the notes I jotted down from the conversation: I'm not interested in what other people want me to do. Part of the (scriptwriting) process is not doing anything and messing around. If you sit in front of a piece of paper for two hours, eventually something will appear on it... I think. I tend to hear character's voices. I don't know a character until they start speaking. Sometimes the situation determines who the people are. Each character needs to be bespoke, not stereotypical. You write accordingly to what the characters s...
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