Tamzin Rafn | Industrial Scripts®

8.2

Screenwriters and The Flash of Genius

December 16, 2015

Screenwriters and The Flash of Genius The other day I awoke having had the most glorious film idea I felt I had ever had. IN MY SLEEP. I dreamt it. Like a joke in a Wes Anderson film, ‘it came to me in a dream...

7.3

Something For Nothing – Writing Spec Scripts

Tamzin Rafn

November 11, 2015

Articles, Business, Columnists, Opinion

Something For Nothing - Writing Spec Scripts There’s a terrific viral that periodically does the rounds where a restaurateur advertises on Craigslist for a solo musician to play in his restaurant for five nigh...

8.8

In Script Development Nobody Knows Anything

Tamzin Rafn

September 29, 2015

Articles, Business, Columnists, Film, Opinion

Nobody Knows Anything When I worked in screenplay development, I spent an awful lot of time befuddled because William Goldman had really nailed it when he said: “nobody knows anything”. Nobody does know any...

8.5

The Agony of Screenwriting Success

Tamzin Rafn

September 9, 2015

Articles, British Film, Business, Columnists, Film, Opinion

Screenwriting Success Hurts Some years ago I wrote a film that eventually I called ALBATROSS and subsequently it has been my own private albatross. I was incredibly fortunate. A series of stars lined up for me...

a window into an executive's script pile

8.2

The Hierarchy of an Executive’s Script Pile

Tamzin Rafn

June 26, 2015

Articles, Business, Columnists, Film, TV

Tamzin Rafn A couple of months ago I had a friend round for dinner who just so happens to be the Head of Development at one of the best TV companies in London. In a series of what appeared to be ginormous c...

7.4

The Smell of Fear in LA

Tamzin Rafn

February 23, 2015

Articles, Business, Columnists, Film, Hollywood

I've spent the week in LA, (City of Angels & Devils) ↓↓ Tell me what you think of this article below! I likes it! ↓↓ As I have previously mentioned, many times, I love LA and this time was no exception...

7.2

My Pain At Being “Replaced” as a Screenwriter

Tamzin Rafn

February 4, 2015

Articles, Business, Columnists, Film, Philosophical

Being "Replaced" A couple of years ago, I became that person: a replaced screenwriter. It was a screenplay I dearly loved and had put my heart and soul into and, on top of the rejection of being booted off ...

6.9

10 Signs That You, My Friend, Are A Writer…

Tamzin Rafn

January 15, 2015

Articles, Columnists, Listicles, Opinion

Do These Signs Match Your Habits? Someone tells a tragic family story that has taken them years to open up about and you unwittingly shout “DIBS ON THAT” the second you hear a breath being taken in case an...

7.7

Read It And Weep

Tamzin Rafn

December 9, 2014

Articles, Columnists

“Will you read my script for me?” Gah. Five words to strike fear into the heart of anyone with eyes. As a former Development Exec, it’s something I hear an awful lot and, sometimes, I have to punch myself a...

women screenwriters - Diablo Cody wins her Oscar for Juno

6.7

Why Women Screenwriters should Stop Moaning and Just WIN

Tamzin Rafn

November 12, 2014

Articles, Business, Columnists, Film, Hollywood, Opinion, TV

All Screenwriters LOVE Moaning Because there's been quite a lot in the press lately about the plight (or otherwise) of women screenwriters, I’ve been thinking a bit lately about whether I think I’m hard done b...

6.2

To Screenwrite Right, Write What You Know

Tamzin Rafn

October 28, 2014

Articles, Columnists, Craft, Didactic, Film, Opinion, TV

Write What You Know or Just Say No! (and other rhymes) I’m going to give you procrastinating scribblers a little bit of advice today. Yes me, who gets up at the crack of 10.30 in the AM and eats really really ...

8.2

Screenwriting & The Fine Art of Procrasturbating

Tamzin Rafn

October 16, 2014

Articles, Columnists, Film, Opinion

I’ve always been a big fan of those books that are a collection of interviews with Hollywood screenwriters where they tell you, with grating self-deprecation and lashings and lashings of false-modesty...

8.6

Seething With Screenwriting Envy!

Tamzin Rafn

October 4, 2014

Articles, Business, Columnists, Didactic, Opinion

Screenwriting Envy “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure”. Guess who said that? You never will. It was Bill Cosby! I have spent the past hour trying to...

8.9

In Screenwriting, Hope Springs Eternal

Tamzin Rafn

September 19, 2014

Articles, British Film, Business, Columnists, Film, Opinion

The Rafn Column Part III Screenwriting - Hope Springs Eternal When I worked as a Development Executive, the most terrifying thing I ever had to do was fly to LA on my own to do a round of meetings to build re...

8.2

10 Ways To Irritate a Development Executive

Tamzin Rafn

September 5, 2014

Articles, Business, Columnists, Didactic, Film, Listicles

The Rafn Column Part II 10 Ways to Irritate a Development Executive When I finally made the transition from being a Development Executive to becoming a writer, I believed that I had a genuine advantage becaus...

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The Rafn Column Part I: Explaining the Obvious

Tamzin Rafn

August 21, 2014

Articles, British Film, Columnists, Film, Opinion

The script, the script, the script... I have always had a love affair with scripts. I love, love, love them. Love them warm coming off the printer, love the font that echoes the old Hollywood era when they wou...

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