Battered screenwriter finds success with words in popular novels

From Babe: Pig in the City to A Lover’s Guide to Rome, screenwriter Mark Lamprell has discovered the sheer joy of writing for the page.
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Image: cropped version of cover to The Lover’s Guide to Rome by Mark Lamprell. 

Let’s face it, novel writing is hard, often lonely, and the pay is usually ghastly. While novelists envy the incomes in film and television, screenwriters imagine that a bunch of imaginary friends might be more fun than interfering producers, evil actors and arrogant directors. 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.