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Nuts, Sometimes Crisps
The first Five Quick Questions is up, with the excellent Bob Scott. And there are more to come. Next up are novelist Rachael King and later this week, scriptwriter Kathryn Burnett, who has started a...
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Shaking Up Life’s Puzzle
Hurrah. Jaquie Brown has contributed to Five Quick Questions this week, with some words on the importance of injecting funny into the system, and frozen croissants into the freezer. I’ve also added a...
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Goodie Goodie Yum Yum
Sometimes, mid-project, I need to press my own ‘restart’ button. Running with the computer analogy, it’s usually around the time that I can feel my brain’s hard-drive slowing down and the fan whirring...
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Beware The Fear of Being Understood (Tips for Storytellers)
A shift in tone lets the audience down. A comedy that turns tragic with no warning is a failure. This isn’t news to me, nor, I’d guess, to anyone who works in storytelling. But it certainly seems easy...
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I Know You Are, But What Am I?
Pee-wee Herman has hit Broadway. The adorable bow-tied man-child has been tearing up New York City with a promotional storm that’s exhausting to watch, and now his show is playing at the Stephen...
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The Touring Type
I’ve been on the road. Hoo-wee, touring is fun. Also, it’s hard work, but that’s pretty much the definition of my ideal job right there: hard, fun work. Six years ago I wasn’t the touring type,...
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