Creative Writing - Audio

The Open University

The tracks on this album offer an invaluable insight into a wide range of techniques and practices surrounding Creative Writing. Writers as diverse as Alan Ayckbourn, Ian McMillan and Tanika Gupta talk openly about their approaches and attitudes to all aspects of writing from original concept to final drafts and productions. Writing for stage, print, television and radio is discussed in engaging and articulate detail. This material forms part of The Open University course A363 Advanced creative writing.

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34 episodes
Updated Nov 10, 2008

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Nov 10, 2008 · 6 min
Tanika Gupta on Voice
Prolific author Tanika Gupta talks about stagecraft, highlighting the importance of voice and comic idiom in her writing.
Nov 10, 2008
Transcript -- Tanika Gupta on Voice
Transcript -- Prolific author Tanika Gupta talks about stagecraft, highlighting the importance of voice and comic idiom in her writing.
Nov 10, 2008 · 4 min
Helen Blakeman and Setting
Playwright Helen Blakeman sees setting as integral to a play’s success and highlights the supporting importance of factors such as structure and voice.
Nov 10, 2008
Transcript -- Helen Blakeman and Setting
Transcript -- Playwright Helen Blakeman sees setting as integral to a play’s success and highlights the supporting importance of factors such as structure and voice.
Nov 10, 2008 · 10 min
Developing the Idea
Playwriting master Alan Ayckbourn reveals how he develops and connects ideas for his plays, and the meticulous process of structuring and ‘building’ a script.
Nov 10, 2008
Transcript -- Developing the Idea
Transcript -- Playwriting master Alan Ayckbourn reveals how he develops and connects ideas for his plays, and the meticulous process of structuring and ‘building’ a script.
Nov 10, 2008 · 6 min
Alan Ayckbourn on Redrafting
Ayckbourn's approach to redrafting and rewriting scripts, and how dramatic ideas and twists emerge.
Nov 10, 2008
Transcript -- Alan Ayckbourn on Redrafting
Transcript -- Ayckbourn's approach to redrafting and rewriting scripts, and how dramatic ideas and twists emerge.
Nov 10, 2008 · 8 min
Alan Ayckbourn as Director
Alan Ayckbourn's work as a director, and how this informs his writing. The economy of playwriting, and the writer’s awareness of the limitations of the stage.
Nov 10, 2008
Transcript -- Alan Ayckbourn as Director
Transcript -- Alan Ayckbourn's work as a director, and how this informs his writing. The economy of playwriting, and the writer’s awareness of the limitations of the stage.
Nov 10, 2008 · 3 min
Alan Ayckbourn and Staging
Drawing on his intimate knowledge of the theatre, Alan Ayckbourn offers an insight into the varius methods of staging, drawing a link between his own work and theatre in the round.
Nov 10, 2008
Transcript -- Alan Ayckbourn and Staging
Transcript -- Drawing on his intimate knowledge of the theatre, Alan Ayckbourn offers an insight into the varius methods of staging, drawing a link between his own work and theatre in the round.
Nov 10, 2008 · 9 min
Adaptation and Breakdowns
Renowned writer David Edgar discusses his ideas on Aristotle’s unities, linking this to ways of adapting existing works.
Nov 10, 2008
Transcript -- Adaptation and Breakdowns
Transcript -- Renowned writer David Edgar discusses his ideas on Aristotle’s unities, linking this to ways of adapting existing works.
Nov 10, 2008 · 14 min
Jane Rogers on Adapting for Television
Novelist and playwright Jane Rogers talks about the transition of one of her novels, Mr. Wroe’s Virgins, into a four part television series.
Nov 10, 2008
Transcript -- Jane Rogers on Adapting for Television
Transcript -- Novelist and playwright Jane Rogers talks about the transition of one of her novels, Mr. Wroe’s Virgins, into a four part television series.
Nov 10, 2008 · 15 min
Jane Rogers as Novelist
Jane Rogers talks about her work as a novelist, and the methods of storytelling and voice she employs. She brings together various forms and approaches, such as the use of cinematic editing techniques, in her novels
Nov 10, 2008
Transcript -- Jane Rogers as Novelist
Transcript -- Jane Rogers talks about her work as a novelist, and the methods of storytelling and voice she employs. She brings together various forms and approaches, such as the use of cinematic editing techniques, in her novels
Nov 10, 2008 · 6 min
Approaches to Contemporary Fiction
Jane Rogers talks about her work in terms of viewing herself as a contemporary novelist. She draws links to literary greats, and techniques like 'the unreliable narrator'.
Nov 10, 2008
Transcript -- Approaches to Contemporary Fiction
Transcript -- Jane Rogers talks about her work in terms of viewing herself as a contemporary novelist. She draws links to literary greats, and techniques like 'the unreliable narrator'.