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Listed below are comments made by MaldwynP between Monday, 17th August 2009 and Tuesday, 24th November 2009.

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UNSOLICITED SCRIPTS: AN UPDATE 1:59pm on 24 Nov 2009 @Captain Sneaky. Nice to hear from such a refined and intelligent person such as yourself. Pulling wings off butterflies must be so satisfying.

Fortunately my great grandfather decided to come to this country after disguising himself as a child to escape from the Titanic. This means that the BBC can accept my submissions and turn them down without an interpreter being involved.

As the Beeb is the only proper outlet that reads unsolicited scripts I would have thought peeing them off is not an obvious career choice.
UNSOLICITED SCRIPTS: AN UPDATE 2:45pm on 23 Nov 2009 It's great to see such interest (and venom). It's a change from the usual bland blogs, you should ban something else - maybe people who can't spell?

P.S. Our local radio station - Mars Broadcasting Mind Control Broadcasting also only accepts submissions from Martians that live near the canals.
Writers Academy 18 1:59pm on 02 Oct 2009 Final question in Writer's Academy test (Please tick one only)

a)Do you hate losing a competition/getting a commission?

b)Do you get annoyed when the winning script doesn't knock your socks off but is invariably banal rubbish?

c)The number of Indies getting commissions is falling faster than a block of re-inforced concrete.

d)The cost of coffee has gone up in the BBC cafe.
Contains strong language - from the start. 10:29am on 15 Sep 2009 Either a clever piece of technology or human eye has changed my 'fundingand' to 'funding and'. I will never be able to invent words at this rate.
Contains strong language - from the start. 10:25am on 15 Sep 2009 For the O.C.D. out there - fundingand is a new word that I have just created.
Contains strong language - from the start. 10:22am on 15 Sep 2009 I think a lot of wannabe writers do not appreciate how great a service the BBC offers in reading unsolicited scripts. Many organisations offered this service in the past but the sheer quantity of material despatched, flooded the resources and patience of their readers. Technology has allowed everyone to be a writer or film producer and the restraints of old (typewriters & celluloid) no longer act as a deterrent for all but the most talented and determined. The BBC's funding and public responsibilities allow this service to continue and sometimes they do discover a pearl in the slush ocean.
Inverness Roadshow 5:12pm on 08 Sep 2009 Is the one in Kabul still on?
Writing in a Writers' Room 2:25pm on 23 Aug 2009 Now you're getting it.
Writing in a Writers' Room 10:29am on 19 Aug 2009 When you say you are looking to publish your book what do you mean? If you are not going the self publishing route you can try Autonomy or you will need an agent before a publishing house will even talk to you.
Writing in a Writers' Room 6:13pm on 17 Aug 2009 Yes the BBC are going to have a Writer room.

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