- The Ultimate Productivity Hack Or more accurately how to write four novels, one short story collection, ten one-hour episodes of an historical TV series (The Heroes), three feature film scripts and one play in three years. My word count for the various literary endeavours is greater than that of War and Peace – I am not, of course, actively comparing myself to Tolstoy. He was a genuine genius. So, I have been writing pretty much since the age of fifteen in a very s

Two extracts from the novel ‘last Night I Dreamt’ which slightly fictionally describe the writing process behind the feature film script ‘1914 – An Adventure in Time’ I once again try to focus my thoughts on my current dilemma, but my mind continues to play the images from my dream in a fantastical loop. I try to remember if any of my other dreams have had such a profound impact upon me. There are a few, though, none contain the same deep resonance. I wonder how usual it is t

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