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Want to write a script but not sure where to begin? Maybe you have a story in you that would be fantastic on the screen? With close to three decades working as a screenwriter and screenwriting tutor, Sedgwick has condensed all she learnt to help you to turn your ideas into screenplaysScreenwriting is a tight and demanding medium but it is also one of the most exciting forms in which to write. Write That Script! brings together all the theory you need, examples of how the theory works and challenging exercises to oil those writing muscles that will see you through to the end. Write That Script! will steer you through the stormy seas from wanting to write a script to having your first one down on the page or screen.
Endorsements for Write That Script:
“Written with great passion for and insight into the craft of screenwriting, 'Write that Script! And write it now', is an inspirational, practical and detailed manual on how to write your first screenplay - but also one that will help you write any screenplay. Reading it gave me a strong urge to apply everything that is recommended in the book to the next screenplay I write. Lindsay's guidance is clear, helpful and fun and it's backed up by numerous filmic references which she analyses expertly. Her writing exercises will build confidence and craft. Lindsay was my first screenwriting teacher way back in 1996 and set me on my way to becoming a professional screenwriter. It is a delight to see all her knowledge, experience and enthusiasm distilled into a book that will add richly to the education of screenwriters everywhere.” – Christian O’Reilly, screenwriter
“What I love about this book is that it's all practical and actionable advice, with effective exercises and brainstorming tips. Great for those starting out and getting more familiar with the challenges of screenwriting, as well as those want to develop their craft in a committed and professional way.” – Danny Stack, writer director Nelson Nutmeg
“What Lindsay has done wonderfully well in this book is to give screenwriters a helpful and practical guide to fire imaginations and to get words flowing onto the page. It’s full of advice, filled with insightful examples and bursting with practical exercises that will have you finishing your screenplays with confidence and creativity. It’s the how-to book that inspires as much as it teaches and enlightens. She has distilled the essence of screenplay craft and technique into a practical guidebook that’ll motivate you to overcome the screenwriter’s hardest obstacle – the first draft.” – Alan Fitzpatrick, MD Filmbase
“A practical inspiration for getting that script out of your head and on to the page/screen from someone who has done just that and done it brilliantly.” – Paul Donovan, Producer, Deadpan Pictures
Welcome to a world of words...
I write books because I love creating characters and worlds and stories. By the time they become scripts or stage plays or books, these stories are demanding to be told. Each finds its own medium and audience. Being pigeon-holed into being a certain type of writer or a writer of /in only one genre/ medium just doesn't work for me!
After two novels, one book of non-fiction using 20+ years as a screenwriter and tutor, I wrote a series of four children's books for Little Island (WULFIE) during the pandemic.
Now, in 2026, I have two books of flash fiction coming out. The first, SPARKS, is a collaboration with the Belfast artist Margaret Woods Moore, and the second, GLIMPSES BENEATH, comes out with a new indie publisher, Silver Locust Press in June.
There are other books en route too - the most important of which is a new children's book in September, MISCHIEVOUS MAGICAL MAIA MALONE, illustrated by Abigail Hicks.
Let me know by email (JaneyMacBooks@gmail.com) if you'd like a personal inscription in any book you order.
- Lindsay J. Sedgwick
This is a collection [GLIMPSES BENEATH] that teaches you to see the world in a heightened way, all the things that we miss because we are too busy thinking and doing. L J Sedgwick has an extraordinary gift of observation, of finding the heartrending and the darkly comic in the daily minutiae of life. An extraordinary achievement.
SPARKS is pure alchemy - where one artist’s lines end, another’s words begin, elevating stunning art into thought-provoking and intriguing slices of life.
GLIMPSES BENEATH is a privileged door into the remarkable world of L J Sedgwick where nothing is ordinary and everything she sees spawns strange adventures. Wonderful thoughts, beautifully expressed.
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Off the wall and gorgeous. I love every word!
Lindsay J. Sedgwick
LINDSAY J.SEDGWICK is an author, playwright and screenwriter whose credits span genres and form from feature films, television drama and children’s series, to short films, radio plays and game narrative.
From her very first novel (DAD'S RED DRESS, 2017), which was described as ‘joyous, loving... truly unique among the vast canon of coming-of-age stories...a delight to read’,' her work has explored very different worlds and characters. Her second, THE ANGELICA TOUCH was reviewed as ...'Another gift of joy from Sedgwick... filled with heart and warmth. With a setting and characters that fire the imagination, the reader gets sucked in immediately and pulled along on an incredible ride of the emotions... A wonderful, imaginative tale that will leave you smiling.'
Her children's series - WULFIE: STAGE FRIGHT, WULFIE: BEAST IN SHOW, WULFIE SAVES THE PLANET AND WULFIE: A GHOSTLY TAIL - have delighted readers from six to nine upwards, while her book on character-driven screenwriting, WRITE THAT SCRIPT! has travelled far and wide and is the core text for the Screenwriting module in Media Studies at Maynooth University.
With GLIMPSES BENEATH and SPARKS, two new books of short fiction, she explores character and story in a new, often witty, surprising, occasionally dark, and lyrical way.
In addition to screenwriting credits, Lindsay’s plays have been produced throughout Ireland and in the UK and her writing has been described as ‘gripping,’ gut-wrenching’ and ‘seductive’.