If we work, then what we do for a living colours how we see everything -- and we can use that for our characters, too. New 58keys Writing Workshop:

This looks so good: I really enjoyed the book. Royal Television Society Midlands has an exclusive screening and panel for Rev Richard Coles's new TV drama: rts.org.uk/events/murde...

Making any film out of a TV series and for the cinema audience takes a certain kind of writing -- and Twin Peaks was just any film or any TV show. New 58keys Script Club:

Presenter tense. New Self Distract:

Five -- and a bit -- reasons why writers should update to the new iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe. New 58keys:

How to ensure editors don't hire you, or at least that I won't. New 58keys Writing Workshop:

It’s now official: I have been re-elected as one of the two deputy chairs of the @writersguildgb.bsky.social. Thank you enormously, just enormously for your support: I’ve never been in an election before and to have it be one that was so important to me was a little overwhelming.

Writers and sex. New Self Distract: williamgallagher.com/selfdistract...

Apple's regular iPhone launch event was packed -- but maybe not with as much for writers as usual. Here's what we definitely got, though. New 58keys:

@shadycharacters.co.uk forgive me if you get asked this a lot, but do you know why Empire of the Sum is yet again delayed in the UK? I’m now being told it may be March 2026 - three years after I first theatre of it.

Reading "Before Sunset": new 58keys Script Club:

Trying to write wrongs. New Self Distract:

The deadline to vote for me to be Deputy Chair of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain is 5pm tomorrow, and the voting for anyone else closed ages ago. Really. Uh-huh. Definitely. Note that only Guild members who've received the postal ballot can vote.

An introduction to Shortcuts for writers on Macs, iPhones and iPads. New 58keys:

Get it written, don't keep going back to edit yesterday's bit. New 58keys Writing Workshop:

Aaron Sorkin's first-ever TV show was the exceptional "Sports Night" -- the scripts got me watching despite "sports" being in the title. Let's talk about a particularly well-written episode, "The Cut Man Cometh". New 58keys Script Club:

What the UK looks like when you come back from Paris. New Self Distract: williamgallagher.com/selfdistract...

Writing retreats sound fantastic -- because they can be. But whether you're on an organised one or doing it yourself, don't put too much pressure on it. New 58keys Writing Workshop: youtu.be/ZjKk1_ltdJQ

Writing is bad for your health, but since we'll never stop, here are some ways that our own technology can help us. Latest 58keys: youtu.be/ImG7nPc2QeA

Reading "Torchwood: Children of Earth: - new 58keys Script Club:

Ah. The place by the thing where we went that time. New Self Distract: williamgallagher.com/selfdistract...

I need your help, please, to continue as Deputy Chair of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. Watch this video about it all, watch for my winning smile, my poor haircut, and details of how you can vote if you are eligible. Thanks.

Writing is bad for your health, but since we'll never stop, here are some ways that our own technology can help us. New 58keys: youtu.be/ImG7nPc2QeA

Oh! Disney has released one of the scripts to Andor: assets.debut.disney.com/documents/An...

Writers' Guild of Great Britain members: you should by now have had a postal ballot about electing officers of the Guild, including the Deputy Chair. Do please read the pitches by each candidate -- and then vote for me anyway, okay? Thanks.

You know that real bombs don't have red countdown clocks on them, but drama uses that for reasons you can exploit in all writing. New 58keys Writing Workshop: youtu.be/LVzqkyr8CrM

Let's have a drink -- and empty out our iPad bags that have far too many items for writers to write anywhere. Latest 58keys from a pub: youtu.be/gr-1kH1nXBk

Keep write on. New Self Distract: williamgallagher.com/selfdistract...

You can't escape using your own real life experiences in your writing, but there are ways to do it very, very badly. New 58keys Writing Workshop: youtu.be/csKE9e8Kxtc

Perplexity was my favourite AI tool yet its are now sticking fingers up at their old promises of being ethical. But if you're on the new Apple betas, you can make a Shortcut that ditches them. Latest 58keys: youtu.be/Uc-aCAsta2o

Reading "Promising Young Woman". New 58keys Script Club: youtu.be/FkA-SJNbBes

They had me at the title: BBC's "Contains Strong Language" poetry and performance festival is in Bradford this September and tickets are available now. bradford2025.co.uk/event/contai... @bbcarts, @wordupnorth and @bradford_2025

Time and pace. New Self Distract: williamgallagher.com/selfdistract...

Perplexity was my favourite AI tool yet its are now sticking fingers up at their old promises of being ethical. But if you're on the new Apple betas, you can make a Shortcut that ditches them. New 58keys: youtu.be/Uc-aCAsta2o

A rose by any other name would be rubbish. New 58keys Writing Workshop on naming names. New 58keys Writing Workshop: youtu.be/IVu28951m38

Reading "2001: A Space Odyssey": New 58keys Script Club: youtu.be/l2j7ooudymk

Two films, both alike in indignity, where the first is a two-star movie at best, but the second could go to 11. New Self Distract: williamgallagher.com/selfdistract...

Apple Pencil isn't only for artists, it's for writers -- or at least writers with a iPad and better handwriting than mine. New 58keys: youtu.be/q-UQ6C9V8k4

This is not about a book called The Pepper Road, it's about a very similar non-fiction one that has sparked rows over truth, fiction, and lies. New 58keys Writing Workshop: youtu.be/Gx9bvsHPBXQ

Launcher apps are so useful for writers that they should come on every Mac -- and now they will. Here's how Apple's new Spotlight compares to Raycast, Alfred, and more. Latest 58keys: youtu.be/4bYrBYjbuVw

Reading "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip". New 58keys Script Club: youtu.be/smPoNpNGuLs

Launcher apps are so useful for writers that they should come on every Mac -- and now they will. Here's how Apple's new Spotlight compares to Raycast, Alfred, and more. New 58keys: youtu.be/4bYrBYjbuVw

Short version: in fiction, make quotes up, in non-fiction, don't. There is a little more to it than that. New 58keys Writing Workshop: youtu.be/RXGbQ7isiSY

Jane Austen Week on 58keys concludes with the 58keys Script Club examining Emma Thompson's dramatisation of "Sense and Sensibility." I tell you now, it's a rave. New 58keys Script Club: youtu.be/QSnBoFwRVqM

Learning the tropes. New Self Distract:

Today is World Emoji Day. I have no words.

JANE AUSTEN WEEK: Using today's Macs, iPads and Apple Pencil to realise just how easy we writers have it compared to the great Jane Austen. New 58keys: youtu.be/FJBBzJONuUU

Jane Austen Week on 58keys begins with five writing lessons that -- I think -- I learned from Jane Austen. She might disagree with me. New 58keys Writing Workshop: youtu.be/LzxF_GAbxI4

Reading "Motherland". New 58keys Script Club: youtu.be/Vmfz-GuTBK4

Happy bonnets. New Self Distract on getting Jane Austen right and wrong: williamgallagher.com/selfdistract...