Sarah explains her top tips for adapting a book for screen, the darkness of her adaptation of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None..., how she deals with writer's block and how she develops characters.
Sarah Phelps on Physicality and Understanding Your Characters
In this extract from our interview with Sarah at the 2016 TV Drama Writers鈥� Festival she discusses how in her adaptation of Dickens' Oliver Twist she thought about the characters鈥� physicality, offering a fascinating insight into understanding our protagonists and antagonists on a more visceral and effective level.
大象传媒 Writersroom interviews Sarah Phelps (EastEnders, Being Human, The Crimson Field).
Sarah talks to us about getting through writer's block by writing blue versions of EastEnders (and then pressing delete!) and the sheer graft and hard work involved in writing a good script.
She tells us about the joy of writing when the characters and the story take over and how talking to herself, sometimes in the voice of Dot Cotton, helps her bring her characters to life.
The Crimson Field
Watch an interview with Sarah Phelps about creating and writing her First World War series The Crimson Field.