"Just write. It doesn’t matter what you write. Just sit at that desk and write."

Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility, Saving Mr. Banks, Nanny McPhee) delivers an entertaining and heart-felt lecture, as she demonstrates her own writing processes and discusses failure, adaptation and inspiration.

Sponsored by The JJ Charitable Trust.

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