Instastory Just Got Real. Literally. A few months ago, I was walking around London, turned a corner and came face to face with this amazing building. I snapped a picture and immediately shared it on my Instagram, like most people in my generation. And like most writers, the cogs in my imagination started whirring and…
The Candyman ~ A Poem
A little something I scribbled down for Halloween. Stay safe kids! The Candyman Many years ago, one Halloween A man laughed with his son. His spirit was high, his mind adrift, Unaware that tonight, he’d be done. From house to house they ventured, Arms all laden with sweets. A fun evening spent together, Through…
Beverly Hills Baby!
Day 2 Part 1 – August 1st 2016 Yes, I’m splitting Day 2 into two parts because there’s so much to cover! Rodeo Drive So, Rodeo Drive. It’s the main shopping district of LA. The Regent Street of Beverly Hills. If you’re a fashionista then you’ll already know – any brand name that’s not gracing…
LA: The City of Angels ~ Arrival
Day 1 – July 31st 2016 Arrival LAX. You see it all the time, imprinted in your subconscious from movies, or magazines. You’ve seen A- D listers waltzing down the terminals as if they’ve just walked off a catwalk as supposed to a 12hr flight. We stopped off in LA for two days as a pit…
The Beach House Diaries ~ Building The Dream House
Thursday, June 2nd 2016 Day 3 – Building The Dream House After an intense few months of writing, re-writing, editing and re-editing, not to mention the mother of all merry-go-round of casting changes, rehearsals for the staged reading of my play The Beach House, was finally upon us. An idea I had come up with in…
The Beach House Diaries ~ The Anatomy of Editing
May 5th 2016 Day 2 – The Anatomy of Editing Editing is like surgery, anatomy to be more specific. Before you laugh, just hear me out. When you cut a line or two, it may seem like nothing… but then when you realise, that one line actually carried a really important part of the…
The Beach House Diaries ~ The Read Through
I’m back! And oh boy do I have a lot to share! Okay so, I’ve been getting a lot of messages from you guys on Twitter and email, asking me about this whole process. And I know that a lot of you really are thinking about venturing into this world or are just very curious…
Present Tense vs. Past Tense. Which is best?
It’s a dilemma us writers battle with all too often. We sit down at our computers or notebooks, ready to feel our story pour onto the page when… suddenly.. we don’t know where to begin. Which time to we want to drag our readers into? Past or present? Now or then? You would think that,…
‘Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens.’ Why Does Star Wars hold us in its’ grip?
The force is strong in this film. No really it is. You see, the promise of the new Star Wars film has not only awoken the force – but also a whole sleuth of fans who have now – forced – themselves on the bandwagon. Fans who don’t know nor care that Greedo…
Thank You Doughnut Productions!
So today has been a week since my play Darkridge by Doughnut Productions opened. It’s been such a roller coaster of a year and this has been the highlight! Later on I’ll talk more about the play and being an official playwright. But right now, I just want to send a massive thank you to…
Christina Alagaratnam 