Days 1,090-1,091: The Fijian Chief
26.12.11-27.12.11: Boxing Day was a long, lazy day, but one in which I learnt an important life lesson: if you’re in a small swimming pool and you get everybody in…
Days 1,088–1,089: A Very Fiji Christmas
24.12.11-25.12.11: Wiping the hangover from my forehead, I exited my bed in a manner reminiscent of a slinky going down the stairs. It was 11.15am. Check out was 10am. Oops.…
Day 1,087: Suva Ascending
23.12.11: The good ship Southern Pearl arrived in Suva on last night. However, since we had been to Wallis and there’s a particular breed of snail that exists on Wallis…
Day 1,086: How To Write A Blockbuster – Part IV
22.12.11: Antagonists This is the easy bit. Your antagonist could be a rival news anchor, a monster from the black lagoon or the protagonist’s own fear of commitment (although if…
Day 1,085: How To Write A Blockbuster – Part III
21.12.11: The Re-writes Begin... There are certain rules you have to stick to in order to write a successful movie script. If you would prefer to ignore these rules, write…
Day 1,084: How To Write A Blockbuster – Part II
20.12.11: The Premise First up, work out the basic premise in your head. Don’t worry about making it all make sense just yet, just worry about the main features of…
Day 1,083: How To Write A Blockbuster – Part I
19.12.11: I’ve been spending my days and nights (mostly nights) on board the good ship Southern Pearl practicing the ancient art of writing. I’ve been writing my blog (of course)…
Day 1,082: There And Back Again
18.12.11: The hard part done, the crew of The Southern Pearl could now afford to let their hair down for the five day sail back down the Pacific Ocean to Fiji.…
Day 1,081: BOOM! The Marshalls!
17.12.11: When standing for election in for Manchester University Student’s Union back in the late 90s, you were not allowed to have your name appear in the student newspaper in…
Day 1,080: A Hitch In Time
16.12.11: Christopher Hitchens died yesterday. Bugger. Unlike the deaths of John Peel or Douglas Adams, it didn’t come as a shock: it was no secret that Hitchens had cancer and…