Author: Eva Wilshere
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5 minutes2025: Transitions
As this year comes to a close, I’ve realised that transition is the word that best sums up 2025. It’s been challenging, joyful, exhausting, expansive…
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5 minutesThe Heroine’s Journey, Why I Believe It’s Bigger Than Murdock’s Blueprint
When people talk about the Heroine Archetype, Maureen Murdock’s The Heroine’s Journey: Woman’s Quest for Wholeness (1990) inevitably comes up – often treated like the…
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2 minutesBuffy the Vampire Slayer and the writing staff dream
I grew up on Buffy, I wanted to write because of it. I love the style of dialogue and the epic world and character building.…
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7 minutesFrom Page to Screen – and Back Again: Why Some Stories Thrive in Adaptation
There’s something quietly thrilling about a good adaptation — when a story we thought we knew is handed over to a new medium and somehow…
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5 minutes“Nobody Got Cereal?”: South Park’s Funniest, Saddest Wake-Up Call
With South Park (1997 – present, Trey & Stone) returning this July, there’s no better time to revisit Nobody Got Cereal? — the ManBearPig episode…
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5 minutesBrighton Fringe Festival 2025
As we move into the vibrant summer months, my focus shifts to performance – with our final performance of The Big Palava tonight. I’m thrilled…
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3 minutesThe Duchess – Pilot Episode Review
Punchy parenting, boyband exes, and why I unexpectedly related. The pilot of The Duchess (Ryan, 2020) wastes no time setting the tone: a mother-daughter conversation…
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5 minutesThe Rise of the Anti-Hero
When I first started researching archetypes for The Script Department podcast Typecast, I was drawn to the Anti-Hero—a character who’s not quite a villain, not…
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8 minutesHow To Format A Screenplay
Are you considering entering your screenplay into a festival or competition, applying for a mentorship scheme, the BBC, or sending your script to any other…
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5 minutesEvalution Media’s 2024 Highlights…
2024 Highlights I am so grateful for all of the wonderful collaborations I have been a part of this year. Paid writing commissions started coming…
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6 minutesTravels in South East Europe
I have spent every free moment I’ve had over the last two years absorbed in my idea for a comedy (mock) reality-time-travel series that focuses…
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5 minutesTop 10 Halloween Episodes!
Happy Halloween! Samhain is upon us, and so I have curated a list of my favourite Halloween Episodes. Being the millennial that I am, many…
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4 minutesMisfits
*Spoiler Alert* Broadcast on E4. IMDB says Comedy/ Drama/ Sci-Fi/ Fantasy (and Romance, but I would disagree) TV-MA or UK 18 certificate. Realism meets surrealism…
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2 minutesBlog Relaunch! 2024 so far…
This is the first in a series of new additions I’ve been working on. I’ve got more television and film analysis, tons of updates from…
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2 minutesBrighton Fringe Festival 2024!
This is the first year I feel that I’ve really made the most of Brighton Fringe Festival. Working on two shows myself, Emotions In Motion…
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3 minutesThe Magicians (2015-2020)
Pilot – Unauthorized Magic: 52 minutes Creators: Sera Gamble and John McNamara Based on The Magicians by Lev Grossman *Warning Spoilers* Broadcast on Amazon and…
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3 minutesAlphas (2011-2012)
Pilot – 1 hour Creators: Michael Karnow and Zak Penn *Warning Spoilers* Broadcast on SyFy channel. IMDB describes it as Action/ Drama/ Sci-Fi/ Thriller Pg-14/…
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3 minutesUtopia (2013-2014)
Pilot – 1 hour. Creator: Dennis Kelly. Original idea: Huw Kennair-Jones, Mark Aldridge and Clare McDonald. *Warning Spoilers* Broadcast on Channel 4. IMDB describes it…
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1 minuteSelf-supported Study
I find it difficult to know what to do sometimes and was nervous about the notion of self-supported studying. So far it’s been alright. I…
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3 minutesThe Hero’s Journey
Stage 1 The first stage is the hero in their natural environment. This is self explanatory. Think about Frodo from Lord of the Rings, or…
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3 minutesCharacter checklist
Who is the protagonist? Kath Who or what is the antagonist? Neighbours or is it Evie? What are the protagonist’s main problems and obstacles? Keeping…
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2 minutesCharacter development
KATH (32) Loves working with children. She cares about people and believes there is good in everyone. Kath was brought up in Tottenham and currently…
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1 minuteReflection week 4
This week I watched two films, one from 1903 and the other from 1968 and looked out how the screenplays for each changed and evolved…
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1 minuteInspiration can take many shapes
The estate Kath lives on is vaguely based on where my dad lives in London, mixed with the block of flats I live in myself.…
