Martin Edwards

Details of my Radio 4 playwrighting debut Death Knock: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

@storyandplot Love this

Screenwriting is scenework. You need great scenes. Kick-ass, emotional, hilarious, horrifying, sexy, romantic scenes. So many screenplays just go along. Something happens. Then something else. And then something after that. Stop doing this. Worry less about the plot. The plot is just an excuse to put great characters into great scenes. Write those scenes!

@storyandplot "Luck comes from creating." Love this.

At least 30 agents rejected me in the 90 days before my first screenwriting agent reached out to me on his own. He cold-called me after a stage play I wrote and self-produced got a nice review in a Houston paper. He called ME. When I reached out to agents myself... crickets. When I just went ahead and did what I do, CAA came to me. It isn't magic. And it certainly isn't automatic. It is very much a right time and right place with a lot of luck involved. But that luck comes from creating. We are creators. Sitting around and waiting for someone to discover your brilliance will get you nowhere. Soon, you'll be complaining and then angry and bitter. We have to get out there and create. Build community, build relationships. Do something that makes them come to you. Attract rather than chase. There are endless ways to start a screenwriting career, but they all start with you creating something rather than sitting around.

No cinematographer comes close to Roger Deakins.

@dorafwrites No I agree. It's a risk for sure. But I do think the bigger risk is not writing the story you want to write. At least you get to develop your voice. I'm not at all strategic - that's probably not a good thing!

@J_MartinEdwards I think the point about developing your craft is so spot on. But the other risk, I guess, is that you don’t know whether ‘the story you want to write’ will be one anyone wants to pick up - and you’ve spent such a big chunk of time on it. Still, on balance I agree :)

Scripts have a much better chance of being picked up, but are also far more work than a pitch for approx the same option fee. So do I write a bunch of pitches this year and play the numbers game, or try to write one more strong script? Answers on a postcard pls ☺️

@KirstySedgman What a great feeling that is!

NEW BOOK! full draft finished! email sent! hurray!!! 🥳🎉

Watching #blackbirdhour on Wednesday. I've heard only good things!

@SelinaTLtd @luvblktheatre Booked!

Can't wait to welcome you to the show @luvblktheatre 🎉

Some really great insights from @daniyellegoff on the pitfalls and the pleasures of making short films. And thanks @bfinetwork for organising!

Absolutely wouldn't have done it without you @La_Lawrie 💕

You've only five more chances (Tues to Sat) to see this "unmissable" show. THE BOX by @brianscoyle at @WhiteBearTheatr to 3 Aug. Starring @OffWestEndCom Award nominated actors @j_martinedwards and @La_Lawrie. Dir by #JonathanWoolf. More info and tix: whitebeartheatre.co.uk/whatson/the-box

Just saw a full run through of THE BOX on the last day of rehearsals. @j_martinedwards and @La_Lawrie were electric!! I urge you to see this if you can. We open next week: Tues 23 July to Sat 3 Aug at @WhiteBearTheatr More info and tix: whitebeartheatre.co.uk/whatson/the-box

We open next week!! Tom and Kate have a large box sitting in the middle of their living room. What’s in it and why does it matter to them? THE BOX at @WhiteBearTheatr 23 Jul to 3 Aug starring @j_martinedwards and @La_Lawrie. Director Jonathan Woolf Tix: whitebeartheatre.co.uk/whatson/the-box

First day of rehearsals with the fabulous @La_Lawrie. Let’s do this!!!

First day of rehearsals today!! “We’re all liars. Sometimes I think we’re incapable of telling a single truth. Even to ourselves.” Don't miss the fabulous @J_MartinEdwards and @La_Lawrie in this - 23 Jul to 3 Aug @WhiteBearTheatr. More info & tickets: whitebeartheatre.co.uk//whatson/the-b…

Trailer alert!! ‼️ 📣 #THEBOX @WhiteBearTheatr 23 July - 3 August C'est moi. C'est @j_martinedwards London premiere by @brianscoyle

Oooooh look! 👀 #THEBOX @WhiteBearTheatr is a @pubtheatres1 TOP PICK for July! Presented by @MixedUpTheatr, starring @J_MartinEdwards and yours truly. 🎫 whitebeartheatre.co.uk/whatson/the-box 📦

Writer interrupts photoshoot and looks suitably awkward. @La_Lawrie and @J_MartinEdwards look perfect of course. Check them out in my two-hander THE BOX this July at @WhiteBearTheatr Details: whitebeartheatre.co.uk//whatson/the-b…

@painesplough @sohotheatre @ArchieBackhouse @letty_thomas_ @katieposner Looking forward to watching this next month!

Back at @sohotheatre today, and moving into the main house. We open on Thursday 🍻 If you’ve got at least one or two cringe dates in your history, you will relate. Promise. Book: bit.ly/slpst2

@papercuttheatre @CSSDLondon @HariMackinnon @JacobaKWilliams @poppyaq @megfjlewis Ditto! A real pleasure to explore the work of new and emerging playwrights at my alma mater @CSSDLondon. Eager to see the next step for these young writers.

Absolutely extraordinary week, workshopping 23 short plays with students of the MA/MFA Writing for Stage & Broadcast Media @CSSDLondon thank you @HariMackinnon @JacobaKWilliams @J_MartinEdwards @poppyaq @megfjlewis & Philippa Quinn for your skills, grace and good humour.