Writers on Writing: Interview with Eleanor Yule

The first in our new series of audio interviews with working writers, giving a unique insight into their art, craft and inspiration.

First off the block: Eleanor Yule

Eleanor Yule is a screenwriter and Scottish BAFTA-winning director whose many screen credits include the feature film Blinded, and awarding-winning documentaries for the BBC (RD Laing, Muriel Spark and the Scottish colourists).

Here, Eleanor Yule talks about the differences between writing for the screen and other media, and opportunities for screenwriters in Scotland.

'...really what screenworks are about is a present-tense narrative unravelling in front of your eyes...'

'...screenwriting, more than any other kind of writing, is an understanding of the film-making process...'

'...if you're coming from novel-writing, you carry a lot of baggage... the narrator is very powerful, the internal world of the protagonist is hard to do filmically...'

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Please be patient - 2MB file. © 2007 Eleanor Yule.