What to plays to read – tips from Royal Court writers, staff and actors – episode 5
Check out what plays our Royal Court writers, staff and actors recommend you read in our latest video – episode 5!
Writers’ Top Tips Episode 4 – Motivation & Focus
EPISODE 4: top tips by Royal Court Writers You’ve had eight cups of tea, five biscuits, cruised facebook for the last 30 minutes and opened a word document ten times. Finding it hard to focus on getting your play on the page? Have a look at this fourth video instalment of top tips – you might even forget...
Writing Tips – Tanika Gupta
When you’ve finished a first draft, even if you think ‘this is the work of pure genius’ -choose very carefully who you’re going to ask to read it. Make sure it’s someone you trust who is going to be able to give you good, constructive feedback and who knows something about plays. Don’t ask your next door neighbour to read it...
Writing Tips – Sarah Wooley
There seem to be two types of writer. The Bob Dylan type who can write about just about anything very quickly (It used to take Bob 10 minutes to write a song) and the Leonard Cohen type (took him 2 years plus to write Hallelujah). I am the Leonard Cohen type. It takes me forever...
Writers’ Top Tips Episode 3 – Where and When…
EPISODE 3: top tips by Royal Court Writers It’s always hard once you’ve got that idea in your brain to actually sit down and write it. From bedrooms to libraries to cafes and offices, some of our writers share where and when they find it easiest to write it all down. I’m sure they won’t mind...
Writers’ Top Tips Episode 2 – Inspiration
EPISODE 2: top tips by Royal Court Writers We cornered some of our most established and up and coming writers to bring you the second instalment of top tips. This video asks our lovely Royal Court Writers about where they find inspiration for their plays, and advice on how you might find yours…
Royal Court Theatre Writers’ Top Tips. Episode 1
EPISODE 1: top tips by Royal Court writers and staff We caught up with established and emerging Royal Court playwrights and Royal Court staff - including Dennis Kelly, David Eldridge, Alia Bano and Bola Agbaje and Royal Court staff Leo Butler, Ola Animashawun and Chris Campbell – to find out what they’d recommend any budding writer.
Writing Tips – Nick Payne
Where do you find your story? (Non-fiction) Books and people. As a writer, what’s the best advice someone’s given you? Always stop when it’s going well. What keeps you keep focused and motivated? A (self-devised) timetable. What is it about writing for theatre that keeps you scribing? Actors and audiences. Top 3 tips for aspiring...
Writing Tips – David Eldridge
You should write what you want and care about and not what you think you should write. It’s not about writing what you suppose is a big important subject, but what is in your heart and what you are passionate about. That could be a play about labour politics or a play about a cat....
Writing Tips – Roy Williams
1) Don’t get it right, get it written 2) One of the best way to overcome writers block is to get a copy of one of your favorite plays, and begin copying the text, type it out word for word and soon you will begin to feel your own words coming up. When that happens start...
Writing Tips – Lucy Caldwell
Time and again, the thing I find myself coming back to is Nina’s speech to Kostya at the end of The Seagull: ”I think I know now, Kostya, that what matters in our work – whether you act on the stage or write stories – what really matters is not fame, or glamour, not the things I used...
Writing Tips – Joe Harbot
Before you give up, try to finish. JOE HARBOT For the Royal Court: The Running Machine Other theatre includes: May Fair (Latitude Festival/Pentabus Theatre), Memories (Southwark Playhouse).
