Andrew Lang

writer of stories
director of all sorts

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I am happy to share that my short story Hold has won the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize and will be published on 26 October.

You can read it here (it's very short!)

https://t.co/W6vyPkK0F1

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Goodbye to a master of cinema, Fred Wiseman. I once put up my hand at a Q&A and asked what he was trying to say in his movies - a reasonable enough question, I thought. He looked at me for a while the said, ‘if I could put it into words, I’d never have made the films’

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⁦@j_amesmarriott⁩ This is interesting, James, in the environment of writers building brands, and followers. https://t.co/rXDmRwjOFE

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@j_amesmarriott And another https://t.co/Wn6I7OYqVj

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@j_amesmarriott Hi James. Some excellent pieces on this topic over on Substack. Please write about it again.
Here is one: https://t.co/Gv11rCylqs

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@judecook_ @j_amesmarriott How about this piece fellas? https://t.co/Wn6I7OYqVj

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@mrianleslie They begin the episode determined to enjoy his birthday, out in the world. They end it prisoners in their own home. The scene where they drive to the hardware store and try to find the means to confront their situation through humour, was for me the standout of the series.

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@mrianleslie The heartbreak of a family trying to be happy in the face of the challenge of what has happened, which as the episode progresses, progressively overwhelms them.

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@sama I wonder how interested Sam Altman @sama is in creative writing, and with what experience he declares this good writing? (Guess: limited)

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🎥 Save The Prince Charles Cinema! This iconic London cinema is at risk of closing due to unfair rent demands. Sign the petition to protect its future #SaveThePCC https://t.co/t8NEF2etQe via @38degrees

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David Lynch's death is a seismic loss. He added new channels of thought and emotion to the art of cinema. He influenced everyone, but no one could copy him because he was a truly great artist: he was entirely himself. No matter how strange, his movies felt true.

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My short story Hold is now in print in 'Transformations: An Oxford Flash Fiction Anthology' and available wherever you buy books. Thank you to editor F.J Morris, Bodleian Libraries and The University of Oxford.

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@storyandplot @jeffreyhoward33 I get where you’re coming from and fine for a pro, but in a screenplay from an unknown? Ignoring convention might just scream amateur, no?

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@markcousinsfilm The Long Day Closes will live forever. Few films I think I can say the same of

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God bless Terence Davies. We will never forget you https://t.co/x4w4pQAbvn

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@SallyAbbott3 As I remember it from his book, this comment is an analysis of the quality of great novelists work at different ages. He says F Scott Fitzgerald's writing started to go downhill at 33, which is the also the age he (Murakami) started writing full time.

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@jeffreyhoward33 Relax, imitation is the highest form… etc

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@GuyLodge He used it to separate the voice from a background guitar, not to write the song.

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@Katiew552 Thanks Katie, they’re very good notes. You’ve got a gift for it.