I thought the talk was really very good. It was actually far more information rich than most screenwriter talks I have attended in the past. The mingling before and after the talks was less well managed. I personally didn't mind that Tony didn't stay for any time afterwards (Alice did, but it took her a while to get downstairs due to people like me asking her questions)... but I do think that more could have been done to encourage mingling between the attendees. By the time I got downstairs almost everyone had left.

Yep, I agree with all the comments here. It would have been also nice if Tony and Alice could have circulated the room downstairs for a while afterwards - I'm sure I wasn't the only one who had a burning question for them...

I agree with Victoria and Ade. Hearing Tony and Alice's experiences was very interesting, but I had hoped for more advice of a technical nature.

Perhaps you would consider a series of follow-up workshops where writers can bring along their own work and receive tips and feedback from some experts?

Yes I found it very useful. It was a very good event.

I agree with this guy, Ade. It was a great evening, met some good people and Tony and Alice were engaging. But the process from taking your script and seeing it get into the right hands and produced was not touched on. As Tony reiterated William Goldman's mantra, nobody knows anything. And I still don't!

02 Apr 09 I really enjoyed listening to Alice and Tony it is always nice to hear success stories but that wasn't really what I was looking for. The word "masterclass" was mentioned but there was very little that actually covered the journey between script and screen.
I was expecting a bit more of a structured talk about those first steps. Both speakers were engaging but I wanted more.
It was also difficult to empathise with two people who "fell" into writing. Alice wrote a play for Leeds playhouse - didn't say how she got it made or how she made the transition to screen and Tony sent a spec. script and got a job on Eastenders. That's great but it doesn't work like that for the rest of us and if I tried that I'd be laughed out of whichever room I was in.
I would come again but the structure could be better and the beer should be colder