Phil Gladwin: Screenwriter in London, United Kingdom.

I'm sure you're right, Phil, all of us aching for a little more light and warmth in the wake of Nice etc. Seems like good advice about what to pitch now. Maybe less applicable to what to write now, given that writing for trends now might backfire in a year or two from now when you finally get to pitch your new project.

At the very least let's have more balance in the storytelling; and perhaps include a character or two that brings in humor and light (e.g. Friar Tuck-types, those who play "jester" persona like in Shakespeare who make us all laugh and ourselves amid universal truths. Thanks for sharing your experience!

I agree with the idea in this article, and I think this contributes to why Batman v. Superman did not do quite as well as people were expecting (besides the bad reviews), and why the lighter tone of the MCU has been more successful.

I'm thrilled to read that light is showing up more on TV. I can only take so much darkness.

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We've just launched a brand new major British screenwriting contest, open to writers all over the world. Getting your work read by people who can actually hire you is the Holy Grail for all new writers. Our outstanding panel of highly influential judges will read all the finalist scripts, and some of the judges will actually take script meetings with those writers. This is a remarkable - and very rare - chance to open some doors at the very top of the industry. We're looking for great original screenplays, 45-125 pages in any genre, from new writers from all over the world. More details at http://awards.screenwritinggoldmine.com

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Hey Phil, a few days ago we implemented a new privacy setting to give you the option of accepting private messages only from users within your network. Today, I discovered a bug with the way this option is set for new users. I just wanted to let you know that the bug is now fixed, so all members are now able to receive private messages from any other member (the default setting). If you'd like to receive private messages only from users within your network, you can change this setting here. Also, you can access your privacy settings at any time from the drop-down menu that appears when you hover over your profile photo in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

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