David Quantick is the Emmy-award winning writer of Veep, The Thick of It, TV Burp and much more. He has worked with comedy legends such as Harry Hill and Chris Morris, and is currently continuing his longstanding contribution with Armando Iannucci on his latest series, Avenue 5. He is also a journalist, having worked many years for the NME, and more recently began to write novels, the most recent of which is Night Train, a horror mystery set on a train in a post-apocalyptic world. On top of all that, he’s also written some great books on writing, including How to Write Everything and How to Be a Writer.

Our chat with David was great fun, hearing about how he developed his creative writing skills writing gossip columns on the NME and where the famous Star Wars rant from Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It came from (see the link to the relevant clip!). He also has some great hints and tips on how to generate ideas, and we even get to hear about what it’s like to win an Emmy, and what you do with it while you are at the after-party…

Links:

Buy Night Train and David’s other novels

Visit David’s website

Watch Malcolm Tucker talking about Star Wars on The Thick of It

Watch our video panel Page One Sessions as we discuss writing with great authors: https://youtu.be/gmE6iCDYn-s

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