Iain Coleman | April 24, 2009
I’ve just received the printed copies of my most recent annual report, and flipping through it made me appreciate the importance of paragraphs in this kind of scientific writing.
A 66-page report like this isn’t really designed to be read all the way through like a novel. It’s for dipping in, seeing an interesting picture or [...]
Iain Coleman | December 18, 2008
Agendas - they’re not just for committee meetings. Though, ironcally, it was while writing a committee meeting scene that I realised what I had to do do bring it alive.
Every character in a scene should come into it with their own agenda. It might be central to the plot or a peripheral piece of colour, [...]
Iain Coleman | November 17, 2008
I’ve just read NIcholas Pileggi’s screenplay for Casino, and it’s masterly in its use of voiceover. Which is just as well, since the majority of the text is delivered in this form. One of his techniques, which I hadn’t consciously noticed when I watched the film, but which jumps right out of the page, is [...]
