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Random Routine - Carnegie Medal Winner Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks about hating writing... but loving re-writing.
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Random Routine - Carnegie Medal Winner Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks about hating writing... but loving re-writing.

Writer's Routine · Dan Simpson

July 27, 20217m 5s

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Show Notes

This week's Random Routine is with Frank Cottrell-Boyce.


Frank Cottrell-Boyce is a Carnegie Medal Award winning author - his 2004 novel 'Millions' is incredibly successful, and was turned into a film by Danny Boyle, for which Frank wrote the script. It was even Danny's idea that Frank should write the novel in the first place.


He's published 10 novels, brought back 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', and wrote the Opening Ceremony to the 2012 Olympic Games. We chat quite a bit about scriptwriting - along with 'Millions', Frank has written many scripts for Michael Winterbottom, including '24 Hour Party People' and 'A Cock and Bull Story'.


He tells us the difference between writing screenplays and novels, the story points you need to hit, and the simple forms an idea can take.


His newest novel is 'Noah's Gold', grab a copy here - https://amzn.to/3y8GciV


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