New Books and Articles

Ian Rude goes to a Halloween-slumber party in Federation Square!

Ian Rude, Linda’s accident-prone comic teenage hero, appears with his mates Bogle and Pricey in a brand new short story out soon in Kids’ Night In 2.

Kids Night In 2 is a collection of stories contributed by leading Australian kids’ writers, with proceeds going to the charity War Child. War Child is a network of independent organisations working across the world to help children affected by war. Today, War Child International is reaching 20,000 children on a weekly basis.

Penguin Books arranged a massive launch of KNI 2 by Nick Earls in the Atrium, Federation Square in Melbourne on Monday 31 October. Kids – and authors – were encouraged to go along in Halloween gear – topped by dressing gowns. It was a wild day.

Linda’s story is called ‘About Last Night…’, and in it, Ian explains why you shouldn’t mix hair dye, vaccuum cleaners, Bogle’s sister and cockroaches. If you’re looking for a great birthday or Christmas gift – particularly for that kid who’s read everything - Kids Night In 2 is money going to a very good cause. Check out www.warchild.org

A new article for producers on script development

Linda has a new article of particular use to producers coming out in a collection of articles for screen producers called Film Business, ed Tom Jeffrey, which is to be published by Allen and Unwin, released in January- Feb 2006. The article is called ‘Script Mechanics: understanding and fixing the script’.

Written with producers and other script development executives in mind, this article contains a range of detailed and very practical advice on cost- and time-effective script development.

Teaching

November 11 – 13 2005
Los Angeles Screenwriters Expo 3
Linda gives two lectures, the first on how to write scripts with flashbacks, the second on how to write multiple stories in sequence (like Pulp Fiction), For further information

Feb 2006

Linda teaches at Goldsmith’s College, London University (Goldsmith’s students only)

March 2006

Linda teaches at FAMU in Prague (FAMU students only)