What we’re about
This group is partly about connecting screenwriters in Devon and Cornwall, but is also for anyone interested in writing screenplays, and especially in receiving and providing feedback on a completed TV or feature script. So there is no requirement to be in Cornwall or Devon (or even the UK!) to attend our virtual meetings, but note that any in-person activities will likely be based in Devon or Cornwall.
We currently have two main activities:
One is a monthly meeting (held via zoom) at which we provide feedback on one feature or two TV scripts. The idea is simple: the scripts are posted one week before the meeting for group members to read in advance, then at the meeting everyone provides constructive feedback to the author(s).
We also organize real world meetings, which at present are simply mixers (and typically occur in Plymouth on a roughly monthly basis), but in future these might involve group members meeting up during a writing festival. We may also meet in Exeter in the near future.
If any group member would like to host an in-person meeting, perhaps closer to their own area or in association with a particular event, I'd be very happy to chat about this! You can contact me at planetwriter at gmail dot com :-)
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Sunday June 9th meeting of the Devon and Cornwall Screenwriting Group.Link visible for attendees
At this meeting we'll discuss Gayle's 1hr TV pilot script for her comedy-drama mini series "Soft Crime". The script will be uploaded and a link to it sent out later today! As always, the idea will be to read the entire script ahead of the meeting, then come along on the day with your feedback for Gayle.
Logline: Ex-actor Tony has marriage trouble and money trouble until his friend Kevin persuades him to sell weed to the stressed out mums at his soft play business.
Trigger warning: Note that the script contains some violence, drug use, and late stage dementia.
ABOUT GIVING FEEDBACK: We start each meeting by going around the group to do introductions, then to say what we most liked about the script, then to say what our biggest issues were. Please keep all feedback respectful and constructive, and please be sensitive to how your feedback is being received. We give verbal feedback on the script during the meeting but if you made written notes - e.g. on the script PDF - feel free to ask the authors for their contact info so you can send them those notes later. We also usually record the meeting and send the audio to the authors.
Code of Conduct for the Devon and Cornwall Screenwriting Group:
1. No group meeting may proceed unless an approved Moderator is available. If an approved Moderator is not present, the meeting must be postponed until a later date. This is to ensure that no one breaches this code of conduct at any meeting. The approved moderators at present are: Claire Newman and Jeff Cyrulewski.
2. Scripts presented for discussion by the group are the property of the author(s) and no group member may use, copy, or share any part of them without the explicit permission in writing of the author(s).
3. All group members must be respectful of one other (see “Guidance for Giving and Receiving Feedback,” below). [new as of March 2024] This also includes attending the online script discussion meetings if you RSVP 'yes', or changing your RSVP to 'no' if you cannot make it in the end. Any group member who is a no-show three times, without providing an explanation, will be removed from the group.
4. The group is welcoming to everyone, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, religious beliefs, political affiliations, socio-economic status, country of origin, or occupation.
5. The group is equally welcoming to those with no experience of writing scripts as it is to those who have written scripts professionally and had their work produced.
6. Authors whose scripts deal with certain topics should provide a “trigger warning” on the second page of the script. Examples include: rape and sexual assault, incest, sexual activity involving children, extreme violence, suicide, mental illness, extensive drug/alcohol abuse. No details are needed, and group members can choose to ignore this page if they want to avoid even minor “spoilers,” but for those who may be affected by such topics this will be very valuable.
Please also see "Guidance on how to give and receive feedback" here:
https://sites.google.com/site/planetwriter/dnc_code_guidance - Monthly meeting of the Devon and Cornwall Screenwriting Group.Link visible for attendees
At this meeting we'll discuss either one feature script or one to two TV scripts.
Please email Claire at planetwriter at gmail dot com if you have a script you'd like to present at a future meeting. The script can be any length or genre, and it can be the first draft or highly polished... and for our virtual meetings, you don't need to be in/from Devon or Cornwall to participate or present... the *only* requirement is that your script be completed!
HOW IT WORKS: Once we have a script or scripts, the logline(s), genre(s) and title(s) will be posted here and the meeting will be announced by email. Then about a week before the meeting, the script(s) will be posted and linked to from here, and another email will be sent out about this. As always, the idea will be to read the entire script(s) ahead of the meeting, then come along on the day with your feedback for the writer(s).
ABOUT GIVING FEEDBACK: We start each meeting by going around the group to do introductions, then to say what we most liked about the script, then to say what our biggest issues were. Please keep all feedback respectful and constructive, and please be sensitive to how your feedback is being received. We give verbal feedback on the script during the meeting but if you made written notes - e.g. on the script PDF - feel free to ask the authors for their contact info so you can send them those notes later. We also usually record the meeting and send the audio to the authors.
Code of Conduct for the Devon and Cornwall Screenwriting Group:
1. No group meeting may proceed unless an approved Moderator is available. If an approved Moderator is not present, the meeting must be postponed until a later date. This is to ensure that no one breaches this code of conduct at any meeting. The approved moderators at present are: Claire Newman and Jeff Cyrulewski.
2. Scripts presented for discussion by the group are the property of the author(s) and no group member may use, copy, or share any part of them without the explicit permission in writing of the author(s).
3. All group members must be respectful of one other (see “Guidance for Giving and Receiving Feedback,” below). [new as of March 2024] This also includes attending the online script discussion meetings if you RSVP 'yes', or changing your RSVP to 'no' if you cannot make it in the end. Any group member who is a no-show three times, without providing an explanation, will be removed from the group.
4. The group is welcoming to everyone, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, religious beliefs, political affiliations, socio-economic status, country of origin, or occupation.
5. The group is equally welcoming to those with no experience of writing scripts as it is to those who have written scripts professionally and had their work produced.
6. Authors whose scripts deal with certain topics should provide a “trigger warning” on the second page of the script. Examples include: rape and sexual assault, incest, sexual activity involving children, extreme violence, suicide, mental illness, extensive drug/alcohol abuse. No details are needed, and group members can choose to ignore this page if they want to avoid even minor “spoilers,” but for those who may be affected by such topics this will be very valuable.
Please also see "Guidance on how to give and receive feedback" here:
https://sites.google.com/site/planetwriter/dnc_code_guidance - Monthly meeting of the Devon and Cornwall Screenwriting Group.Link visible for attendees
At this meeting we'll discuss either one feature script or one to two TV scripts.
Please email Claire at planetwriter at gmail dot com if you have a script you'd like to present at a future meeting. The script can be any length or genre, and it can be the first draft or highly polished... and for our virtual meetings, you don't need to be in/from Devon or Cornwall to participate or present... the *only* requirement is that your script be completed!
HOW IT WORKS: Once we have a script or scripts, the logline(s), genre(s) and title(s) will be posted here and the meeting will be announced by email. Then about a week before the meeting, the script(s) will be posted and linked to from here, and another email will be sent out about this. As always, the idea will be to read the entire script(s) ahead of the meeting, then come along on the day with your feedback for the writer(s).
ABOUT GIVING FEEDBACK: We start each meeting by going around the group to do introductions, then to say what we most liked about the script, then to say what our biggest issues were. Please keep all feedback respectful and constructive, and please be sensitive to how your feedback is being received. We give verbal feedback on the script during the meeting but if you made written notes - e.g. on the script PDF - feel free to ask the authors for their contact info so you can send them those notes later. We also usually record the meeting and send the audio to the authors.
Code of Conduct for the Devon and Cornwall Screenwriting Group:
1. No group meeting may proceed unless an approved Moderator is available. If an approved Moderator is not present, the meeting must be postponed until a later date. This is to ensure that no one breaches this code of conduct at any meeting. The approved moderators at present are: Claire Newman and Jeff Cyrulewski.
2. Scripts presented for discussion by the group are the property of the author(s) and no group member may use, copy, or share any part of them without the explicit permission in writing of the author(s).
3. All group members must be respectful of one other (see “Guidance for Giving and Receiving Feedback,” below). [new as of March 2024] This also includes attending the online script discussion meetings if you RSVP 'yes', or changing your RSVP to 'no' if you cannot make it in the end. Any group member who is a no-show three times, without providing an explanation, will be removed from the group.
4. The group is welcoming to everyone, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, religious beliefs, political affiliations, socio-economic status, country of origin, or occupation.
5. The group is equally welcoming to those with no experience of writing scripts as it is to those who have written scripts professionally and had their work produced.
6. Authors whose scripts deal with certain topics should provide a “trigger warning” on the second page of the script. Examples include: rape and sexual assault, incest, sexual activity involving children, extreme violence, suicide, mental illness, extensive drug/alcohol abuse. No details are needed, and group members can choose to ignore this page if they want to avoid even minor “spoilers,” but for those who may be affected by such topics this will be very valuable.
Please also see "Guidance on how to give and receive feedback" here:
https://sites.google.com/site/planetwriter/dnc_code_guidance - Monthly meeting of the Devon and Cornwall Screenwriting Group.Link visible for attendees
At this meeting we'll discuss either one feature script or one to two TV scripts.
Please email Claire at planetwriter at gmail dot com if you have a script you'd like to present at a future meeting. The script can be any length or genre, and it can be the first draft or highly polished... and for our virtual meetings, you don't need to be in/from Devon or Cornwall to participate or present... the *only* requirement is that your script be completed!
HOW IT WORKS: Once we have a script or scripts, the logline(s), genre(s) and title(s) will be posted here and the meeting will be announced by email. Then about a week before the meeting, the script(s) will be posted and linked to from here, and another email will be sent out about this. As always, the idea will be to read the entire script(s) ahead of the meeting, then come along on the day with your feedback for the writer(s).
ABOUT GIVING FEEDBACK: We start each meeting by going around the group to do introductions, then to say what we most liked about the script, then to say what our biggest issues were. Please keep all feedback respectful and constructive, and please be sensitive to how your feedback is being received. We give verbal feedback on the script during the meeting but if you made written notes - e.g. on the script PDF - feel free to ask the authors for their contact info so you can send them those notes later. We also usually record the meeting and send the audio to the authors.
Code of Conduct for the Devon and Cornwall Screenwriting Group:
1. No group meeting may proceed unless an approved Moderator is available. If an approved Moderator is not present, the meeting must be postponed until a later date. This is to ensure that no one breaches this code of conduct at any meeting. The approved moderators at present are: Claire Newman and Jeff Cyrulewski.
2. Scripts presented for discussion by the group are the property of the author(s) and no group member may use, copy, or share any part of them without the explicit permission in writing of the author(s).
3. All group members must be respectful of one other (see “Guidance for Giving and Receiving Feedback,” below). [new as of March 2024] This also includes attending the online script discussion meetings if you RSVP 'yes', or changing your RSVP to 'no' if you cannot make it in the end. Any group member who is a no-show three times, without providing an explanation, will be removed from the group.
4. The group is welcoming to everyone, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, religious beliefs, political affiliations, socio-economic status, country of origin, or occupation.
5. The group is equally welcoming to those with no experience of writing scripts as it is to those who have written scripts professionally and had their work produced.
6. Authors whose scripts deal with certain topics should provide a “trigger warning” on the second page of the script. Examples include: rape and sexual assault, incest, sexual activity involving children, extreme violence, suicide, mental illness, extensive drug/alcohol abuse. No details are needed, and group members can choose to ignore this page if they want to avoid even minor “spoilers,” but for those who may be affected by such topics this will be very valuable.
Please also see "Guidance on how to give and receive feedback" here:
https://sites.google.com/site/planetwriter/dnc_code_guidance
