Merlin Ward
My Story from Twisted’s Evil Little Sister: Killing Her Little Darling
Favourite quote: ‘Are you feeling lucky?’ – Dirty Harry
In July / August, 2014, my first stage play ‘The Widow’, was produced by Talking Scarlet at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, and at Fairfield Halls, Croydon. I adapted the play from my original screenplay, yet to be produced. My first feature-length film was ‘Out of Bounds’ and I had the great good fortune to see it screened on BBC One, three times.
‘No Kissing’ is my first original stage play and is a contemporary story about an impoverished inventory clerk who expects to find an empty flat but finds a seductive woman and a large wad of hidden cash.
‘Famous Emery’, is a 9-minute episode I wrote for the children’s animation series about trains called ‘Chuggington’, currently airing on BBC’s CBeebies.
I have written and sold several screenplays that never made it into production, including a commission from Working Title Films / TV.
I’m very excited about Twisted50 and Twisted’s Evil Little Sister – the competition process was inspiring and immensely enjoyable and has given me a love for writing prose. ‘Killing Her Little Darling’ came from an open wound that every creative person will understand. I am now polishing my first full-length novel.
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The Pleasure of Listening to ‘Killing Her Little Darling’ by Merlin Ward
My sons read all the Harry Potter books but they also wanted the audio version read by Stephen Fry. They would listen to life in Hogwarts while I listened to the radio. Now, having listened to the excerpt of ‘Killing Her Little Darling’ I understand why. As much as we all love movies there is
Killing Her Little Darling by Merlin Ward
Every writer suffers rejection and most have ways of coping with the pain which always feels personal. There was a time when the support of a literary agent was not critical to a writer’s career but when the Internet opened up the world, agents, producers, TV networks shut their doors to all but represented writers.