March 2023/Paisley (writers workshop) & East Kilbride

I’ve got a couple of things happening in March. I host a writer’s workshop as part of Eisners Week at Paisley Central Library on Tuesday 7th March. I’m a guest at East Kilbride Comic Con on Sat 11th & Sun 12th March.

Details to follow. Maybe see you at one or both, or failing that I’m sure you’ll be there in spirit.

Jim Alexander – Script Writing Workshop

8pm/Tues 7th March

Paisley Central Library

Eventbrite link – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jim-alexander-script-writing-workshop-tickets-528531350497

Do you have an idea for a comic strip? Have you been writing a novel, but you’re stuck halfway through? Do you have a TV screenplay which you want to adapt to a video game? Then come along to my Script Writing Workshop on 7th March at 8pm at Paisley Central Library.

I will start by going through the basics for bringing your story to fruition. Pitch – Theme – Synopsis – Location/Characters – Plot – Script. For each step, I will give examples of what I mean by this.

However, the crucial element in all this is you – and what you bring to the Workshop. I want to know your ideas for your next novel, screenplay, video game, and comic. We will then discuss as a class what is required for you to get to the point every writer wants to be and have that finished script!

I am a writer who has worked on TV, and for Marvel and DC. I have written many comic strips, screenplays and novels. I have adapted several of my strips for other mediums. For example, my novel GoodCopBadCop stated life as a graphic novel, then became a novel, and has now been reworked as a pitch for a TV series.

I have a number of testimonials from attendees where my workshop has encouraged them to get over the finishing line. Hopefully I can do the same for you.

Bio (Jim Alexander):

Two comic strips written by Jim (King’s Crown and Whisky in the Jar) have been adapted for the TV series Metal Hurlant Chronicles. He has written for DC (Batman80-Page Giant, Birds of Prey), Marvel (Spectacular Spider-Man, Uncanny Origins featuring Storm), Dark Horse (Eden, Savant), Judge Dredd Megazine (Calhab Justice, Judge Dredd) and Tokyopop (Star Trek Manga). He has written three novels, the novel the Light about a pandemic written pre-this-pandemic, and the crime novel GoodCopBadCop and its sequel Good Cop.

East Kilbride Comic Con

Date:  Sat 11th & Sun 12th March 2023

Time: 10am-5pm

Venue:  East Kilbride Shopping Centre

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