Script selling ...and writing
By Paul Gallagher

Shooting People.org
Shooting People is the UK's e-mail network enabling independent filmmakers to give each other advice. Courtesy of Shooting People, Filmwaves offers its readers this issue a selection of answers in response to a query about scripts

Hollywood Romance - A rags to riches story?
Flicking through the film pages on teletext- there was Clive's short film - Holiday Romance nominated for an Oscar. "I was shocked - I had no idea. The producer Alex Jovy had entered it - My God I was going to Hollywood" said Clive. Clive and Amanda [his girlfriend] were jumping up and down embracing. Then he took out all his rejection letters for the script - how wrong they all were - still what did they know? By Paul Gallagher

Brits in the Spotlight
Paul Gallagher continues to explore the world of screenwriting and answers a few questions from our readers

Q&A
Paul Gallagher continues to explore the world of screenwriting and answers a few questions from our readers

What is screenwriting?
Screenwriting is fun; making and remaking a film in your imagination, putting it on paper, playing around with the possibilities. You can create a complete film, before the hard work of making the film begins. In this column given over to answering readers' questions on filmscript, I wanted to pose this most basic question 'what is screenwriting?' there is a lot of misunderstanding about screenwriting and how useful it can be for a filmmaker so... By Paul Gallagher