In 2009, myself and a good friend of mine decided to write a piece about a comedy double act who had been friends forever, but who fell out after years performing on stage together.
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Collab Challenge #2- Jalapenos From The Future
I laugh at myself, apparently, the older me has regained a sense of humour that I seem to have lost.
DAY 24 – 30 Day Writing Challenge
My life has become an algorithm. A predictable spreadsheet of formulaic transactions that signify nothing. I code and I code and I help technology flourish. I drive the future, but not the present. Not my present. Zeros and ones are not heartbeats.
DAY 4 – 30 Day Writing Challenge
So I guess I’m on a precipice. I like that. A big goddamn word. Like plateau. How do you like that fanciness?
Speed Reading
The world record for most words read per minute was set by Stephen Berg and stands at twenty-five thousand words per minute.
The Gutenberg Printing Press
There have been over one hundred and thirty million books published in modern history. Every year that number grows by an average of two and a half million.
The Spoken Word
This week, I said four hundred and six words.
The King James Bible
The King James bible has seven hundred and sixty-three thousand, one hundred and thirty-seven words. Between March the fourth two thousand and two and March the fifth two thousand and two, I read for forty one hours and twenty three minutes. No sleep. No food. I used the toilet twice.
Sky Edge- Progress
On Saturday, I was fortunate to have the opening on the first draft of my current project read by a great bunch of actors. It was great to hear the characters I have spent the past few months imagining, coming to life. In my last blog post, I was talking about the issues I hadContinueContinue reading “Sky Edge- Progress”
A View From the Edge
These photos are taken from Sky Edge, a small grassy area which overlooks Sheffield. I drove up there for the first time on Sunday. I lived in Sheffield for 5 years, and had never been up there. The view is pretty impressive… I didn’t just go up for the view though… In the 1920s, SkyContinueContinue reading “A View From the Edge”
A Long Overdue (Long) Update
I’ve just changed the theme of my page for the third or forth time in a month. A productive waste of time! Each time I have changed the theme, I have thought ‘I should write some blog’, but I never have anything to say! So, I’ll just change the theme on the blog that noContinueContinue reading “A Long Overdue (Long) Update”
Tom and Laura Get Engaged
Tom and Laura Get Engaged Screenplay for a short film It is a perfect day for Tom and Laura, a romantic picnic on the beach proves a great opportunity for Tom to pop the question. Laura is bound to say ‘yes!’. Though, the contents of a seemingly innocent black bin bag prove to be theContinueContinue reading “Tom and Laura Get Engaged”
Three Miles to the Horizon
Here is an excerpt from my current work in progress, feel free to take the time to give me any feedback you may have on this. Thanks. Three Miles to the Horizon I am three miles from the horizon. There are 140 million square miles of ocean on this planet. Saltwater covers 71% of the Earth’s surface.ContinueContinue reading “Three Miles to the Horizon”
Donald Crowhurst in Pictures
*I do not own the copyright for any of these images. Images taken from Google Image Search.
Spiral Jetty
Spiral Jetty is a piece of art by Robert Smithson. I bring it up here because I am currently half way through the first draft of ‘Three Miles to the Horizon’. Throughout the play, time and space seem to be big themes. Sharon suggested today that I could maybe do some visual research (normally myContinueContinue reading “Spiral Jetty”
iLiKETRAiNS- The Deception
Again, I am looking at how the themes of the Donald Crowhurst story have been used previously. Here is a song from the band iLiKETRAiNS called The Deception, and its lyrics below… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TwvBsoWpQ8] They said it couldn’t be done And so it seems I proved them all wrong In spite of them I have becomeContinueContinue reading “iLiKETRAiNS- The Deception”
The Other Crowhurst’s….
I am aware of two plays which are loosely based on Donald Crowhurst, several songs and a poem. One play, Jet Lag, combines the story of Crowhurst with the story of a mother who has to repeatedly fly from the USA to Amsterdam with her son because of a custody battle with the child’s father. After 160 trips in the spaceContinueContinue reading “The Other Crowhurst’s….”
Teignmouth Electron.
Teignmouth Electron Taken in 1999, this is Donald Crowhurst’s Trimaran ‘Teignmouth Electron’ from Tacita Dean’s work -Disappearance at Sea At 7:50am on 10th July 1969, Teignmouth Electron was found floating, empty, in calm waters in the mid-Atlantic in the shipping lanes between Europe and the Caribbean. The life raft was still lashed in place, thereContinueContinue reading “Teignmouth Electron.”
Donald Crowhurst: Listen To The Silence, Let It Ring On
‘Listen to the silence, let it ring on. Eyes, dark grey lenses frightened of the sun. We would have a fine time living in the night, Left to blind destruction, Waiting for our sight.’ (Joy Division- Transmission) Recently I have been re-watching and reading a lot about the Ian Curtis Biopic Control (2007 dir. AntonContinueContinue reading “Donald Crowhurst: Listen To The Silence, Let It Ring On”