Fi Phillips

A couple of months ago I came across The Piano Guys , a group of incredibly talented musicians who perform (and often combine) contemporary and classical music in their own insightful way, mainly on piano and cello. One of their songs fits perfectly with my character, Bodrn - dark, agile and emotionally reaching. Moonlight

Today, I have changed tack to bring you writing advice from a number of authors via YouTube. Howard Jacobson Lisa Jewell Anthony Horowitz David Walliams Philippa Gregory Oliver Jeffers And finally, a bit of bookish fun.

I came across this clip of the British writer and director Mike Leigh  talking about the script writing process on the Amateur Stage Magazine site today. We should always remember that a script is not an entity in itself but just one element in the end performance.

Bodrn is an enigma. She has one foot in the human world and another in the realm of wild magic. She is an unknown quantity, dangerous, alien - other. Moonchild by Shakespears Sister

Steve Haven lives in a self-created and maintained isolation. He tells himself that he prefers it that way, that he's not good with people. It isn't until he's forcefully thrown into a new, seemingly chaotic world that he realises just how important it is to share his life. Blue by Eiffel 65

Some people would call Hartley Keg an optimist. He prefers to call himself an enthusiastic realist. He has spent his fair share of time in shadowy places but his love for life and it's magic has always kept him alive. What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong