All that, and parties too. There is a big scriptwriting conference next week, and lots of people are going to be there, including Simon Beaufoy, who wrote 'The Full Monty', and Linda Seger, a script 'guru' from Hollywood. I'm looking forwards to listening to people speaking, gleaning new knowledge and being inspired. We're also in the midst of the Ilkley Literature Festival right now, and I'm going across to hear Beryl Bainbridge talking about her work. Another source of inspiration there.
Inspiration is the lifeblood of a writer.
It's what keeps you going when your work feels like tangled knitting, when you have to keep tidying your room and organising your desk, as the words just aren't happening. There's no such thing as writer's block. It's writer's cleaning. Luckily for me, at the moment my room is a tip, which means the writing is okay. I'm working on adapting a true-life story into a film, and rewriting one of my own scripts.