Writers' Tips

· Always type your work. Publishers, theatres or tv companies will NOT accept handwritten material. Ever.

· It might sound obvious—but keep it tidy. Use decent paper- and only ever one side of it. Number your pages. If you mess a page up, reprint it.

· Don’t send work out with fancy binders, covers, etc. It won’t make the work any better and it puts most agents, publishers etc off- it’s the writing they want to grab their attention, not the psychedelic cover. It will only go in the bin. Beware.

· Keep a record of where you send you work and what date.

· Always have someone read your work before you send it out- but not your mother, best friend or partner. Try a work colleague, someone who is relatively unbiased about you- or send it to us.

· Do your research. Every agent, publisher, theatre or film mogul has a dozen stories about new writers who send travel books to a sports publisher, or clearly haven’t read the magazine they’re approaching. Don’t insult the market- and don’t waste your time and money. Target. That’s what our directory’s for.