About this episode

Declan Lawn discusses his experience as a co-creator and co-writer of the TV drama Blue Lights, offering insights into effective screenwriting and storytelling.

Declan is the co creator and co writer of one of THE most powerful and successful tv dramas in recent time. Blue Lights follows a group of response officers in PSNI and is written, acted and shot with such sharpness and finesse that you just can't look away. Imagine then being able to write with the effectiveness of Declan and his collaborators; telling gritty stories, mirroring real life with fictional characters and their complex lives. That's precisely what you can achieve using the conversation with Declan as a foundation to spark your creativity and imbue you with a sense of confidence that yes, you can do it. You can make it as a screenwriter.

People in this episode

Host: Silje Howes

Guest: Declan Lawn

Topics covered

• screenwriting
• TV drama
• creativity
• storytelling
• real life
• fictional characters

Keywords

• screenwriter
• Blue Lights
• TV drama
• storytelling
• creativity
• PSNI
• Declan Lawn

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blue Lights, PSNI

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