Category: Bashing Keys
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Not Having Ideas
Sometimes, when you have to write a daily blog, you wake up with no ideas whatsoever. It’s the same with scripts, novels, articles, and even greetings cards (I imagine). So what do you when the ideas just don’t come? Going for a walk is good. Especially if you tell yourself that sometime between leaving and…
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Bashing Keys: An Addendum
There’s an excellent blog post over on the BBC Writersroom by Dan Tetsell, with some sage advice from some great scribes. Of particular interest is this graph, prepared by Gareth Gwynn, breaking down the suitability of Newsjack submissions. There should be another episode of Bashing Keys in the near future, so keep ’em peeled.
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Bashing Keys: With Gareth Gwynn
It’s the next installment of my occasional podcast in which I talk writing with other writers. Listen Now This one is a kind of prequel to the first, because I’m chatting to the current incumbent writer at BBC Radio Comedy. As part of the writers’ bursary scheme, Gareth writes for a large number of shows including…
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Bashing Keys: With Paul Kerensa
It’s my new occassional podcast, in which I chat with other writers about writing. Listen Now For the first episode, I thought it would be fun and interesting to talk to Paul Kerensa, a stand up comedian/writer with extensive television and radio credits. For Radio 4 he has written for Dead Ringers, The News Quiz, The…
