Guy Burt

award-winning novelist and screenwriter

Thanks for stopping by: my name's Guy, and when I was thirteen years old I wrote a novel that saved my life. This website is about writing and reading; about characters; about stories. If you explore, you'll find thoughts on writing, background on my novels, diary entries from the writing process, scrapbook photos – all kinds of strange stuff.

I'm also a screenwriter. For television I've written original dramas and I've adapted other people's books. I've also seen my own book adapted into a feature film. Novels and screenplays are very different creatures, but they can learn a lot from each other. I have more to say about this process in the blog and the newsletter (see below).

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