Paul Shearer
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Favourite quote: ‘Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life’ -Lawrence Kasdan
Writer and Director of the short film “South East Cleaning Services” (2010).
Edinburgh International Film Festival Programmer for fiction feature films.
PGD in Screenwriting from Screen Academy Scotland.
A screenwriter from an early age it was advice from the crime novelist Ian Rankin which persuaded me to start writing short stories and novels.
When I wrote screenplays they were for the films I wanted to watch, now I write the stories I want to read. I like my stories to be extreme, whatever the genre, whether that be dark humour, or extreme horror or thrillers.
Having completed my first novel, I am currently working on releasing a collection of short stories as well as starting on my second novel.