Frank Cottrell Boyce's Screenwriters' Lecture
Tuesday 27 September
On Tuesday 27 September we held a further lecture in our Screenwriters Lecture series. The speaker was Frank Cottrell Boyce (Butterfly Kiss, Welcome to Sarajevo, 24 Hour Party People).
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Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Frank Cottrell Boyce
Cottrell Boyce's credits include Welcome To Sarajevo and 24 Hour Party People.
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Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Frank Cottrell Boyce
"Rewriting is a fantastic privilage. It is getting another chance to get it right."
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Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Frank Cottrell Boyce
"So much creativity can be born out of absolutely hating another movie."
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Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Frank Cottrell Boyce
"Suspense is that delicious gap between events; not knowing how you'll get from one moment to the next."
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Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Frank Cottrell Boyce
"If the ending is going to surprise anybody, it should surprise the writer first."
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Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Frank Cottrell Boyce
"The only way to get something written is to do it with love and all the abandon that that word implies."
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Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Frank Cottrell Boyce
Frank was interviewed by fellow screenwriter Olivia Hetreed.
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Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Frank Cottrell Boyce
"Children used to be read to for pleasure. In turn, it encouraged them to learn to read. Reading is so important."
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Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Frank Cottrell Boyce
Pictures by J. Birch.
