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If you look its amazing what you can find, what resources will appear. Its too easy to stomp along saying ‘I can’t I can’t I can’t’. Often we stomp along saying that of course because it means we don’t challenge ourselves and if we don’t challenge ourselves then we can never fail, never be afraid, never be uncomfortable. On Sat I went to meet a friend up from London for lunch. On the way to meet her I picked up 5 pieces of invaluable information to somebody without even looking for them.

Information about Peacock Digital Arts based in Aberdeen. Access to digital film making equipment from cameras to editing at banded rates – also a training programme.

GMAC Glasgow Media Access Centre newsletter out of date but offering similar in Glasgow

Edinburgh Mediabase - equipment and comprehensive training programme varying from Documentary Workshop, Working With Actors, Scriptwriting, Producing a Short Film, Intro to Special Effects Make-up

Future Shorts – Launching at The Left Bank 37 Guthrie St Edinburgh 20th April BUT another screening in May. ‘Future Shorts passionately believe in developing a wider audience for short film. We have established a network where filmmakers can have their work seen on the largest platform in Europe and where audience can see an original and inventive slate of films.’ London / Paris / Brussels / Lisbon / Berlin / New York / Moscow
BBC Writers Room- info on accepting unsolicited scripts, opportunities, competitions, guidelines, free formatting software, script advice, events for 5000 writers a year. Leaflet came with cool postcards with quotes on them.

Write hard and clear about what hurts – Hemingway

… get it out and get it said, get it on the page. It’s just about telling the truth, I think, your truth. – Tony Marchant

When people ask me how I write I usually say one word at a time – seat of pant to seat of chair is the only way to write. – Alison Pennells

You get knocked down, you get up again. I also think writers must have great courage, the courage to trust your own life and your own voice. – Ashley Pharoah

Most of the workshops offer free use of equipment/training in exchange for volunteer work as well