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The Australian Writers Guild has released its position paper on AI and its impact on the Australian creative industries. While recognising that in some spheres AI companies are contributing to learning, capabilities and life-enhancement, in the creative sector, there are still significant existential issues to be addressed. Coming just prior to the end of the […] Read
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In August Bobby Romia, Head of Development at Screen Australia presented to an AWG Victoria event on the opportunities and pathways to development for writers at all stages. This Meet the Team article gives a good sense of what development priorities are, what projects are assessed on, and the current state of dev. Scroll to […] Read
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Over at Writer Rites on FB I collect tips, hacks, quotes and inspo. Come and get inspired. Read
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The Matchbox / ABC Production Stateless is one of the latest examples of a number of Australian productions using the showrunner model. In this Screen Australia article, Elise McCredie describes the writing and production process. “Belinda Chayko is a fabulous story producer,” McCredie says. “She’s also really forensic about character and trajectory of character. So Tony, […] Read
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Following the Australian Writer’s Guild National Screenwriters Conference in 2016, I applied successfully to be a part of the Sling Shot program. This enabled me to develop a pitch document for an initial idea that subsequently got me into the AFTRS Graduate Certificate program. http://if.com.au/2016/03/15/article/Sling-Shot-program-for-emerging-Western-Sydney-writers-open-for-entries/PTJUQOIVOH.html Read