Each day for a week Cameron and presenter Michael Cathcart will discuss aspects of the writing process, and encourage listeners to phone or contribute online comments. We hope it will provoke anecdotes from listeners who might be involved with sporting clubs or other clubs. He wants to appeal to a broad audience, including those who have no interest in leather and willow. Cameron, who has written for SeaChange , Jimeoin and Eric on television as well as such plays as Footprints on Water and Hermits , sees the five-day segment as a way for listeners to learn about the process of creating a series. As a playwright I've been involved in forums when people come along and ask about the process of writing.
People genuinely find the gestation process and writing process interesting.
I hope there's a certain degree of that in this case. Often things are created in the most circuitous way. Part of the idea of the segment is to use the public and the media in different ways, says Arts Today's executive producer Janne Ryan. I wanted to say to people, the door is open, we want to let you inside the process. The first segment, entitled Hi-jinks and Dirty Deeds , will include a number of guests from the cricket world and a discussion about developing character.