

"Where do you get your ideas from?" - My answer
aka how insight training can make you a better writer Right now, all around you, millions of neurons are firing around inside approximately 7 billion of the most sophisticated organic computers this planet has to offer. These computers take on millions of tasks, running everything you do from sandwich making to driving a car, mental arithmetic to remembering pub quiz answers, regulating your internal temperature or moving vital oxygen around the body... Conscious or unconscio


You Are Your Theme (and other stories)
A blog on theme and how it relates to scripts, audiences, characters - and your entire life. THEME AND SPECTACLE a.k.a A Tale Of Two Batmen How do you remember "Batman and Robin"? Gaudy? Too many "ice" puns? And the Bat-Nipples. I don't think many people can unsee the Bat-Nipples. And how do you remember "The Dark Knight"? Well given it's currently #4 on IMDB's top 250 with nearly 2 million votes and generally held up as the best superhero film ever, probably a lot better. So


Failure - the only way to succeed
Rocky: I can't do it. Adrian: What? Rocky: I can't beat him. Adrian: Apollo? Rocky: Yeah. I been out there walkin' around, thinkin'. I mean, who am I kiddin'? I ain't even in the guy's league. Adrian: What are we gonna do? Rocky: I don't know. Adrian: You worked so hard. Rocky: Yeah, that don't matter. 'Cause I was nobody before. Adrian: Don't say that. Rocky: Ah come on, Adrian, it's true. I was nobody. But that don't matter either, you know? 'Cause I was thinkin', it really

Warrior Commuter Writers
How to become a better and more prolific writer whilst commuting - by Alexis Howell-Jones


Talent Campus part 2 - Race You
1700 degree hot coals are not designed to be a carpet to success. After the second part of Talent Campus, I stand corrected. And given I walked over them, both having been corrected and still being able to stand are impressive feats. In July I did a blog about walking over glass and the first great part of Talent Campus. http://www.alexishjwriter.com/single-post/2016/07/27/I-dare-you-to-do-better Clearly any sequel has to go one better, so we were told there would be a fire