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"Coming full circle" (deconstructing a classic TV series)

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# "I'm a rocket ship, on my way to Mars, on a collision course - I'm out of control..." # - Queen Is the circle complete? (from novel writing to scriptwriting...) In 2014, I've found myself and my scribbles drifting closer and closer towards thoughts of scriptwriting... I still consider myself as an adventure-novel writer but I'm also on a bit of a journey this year in exploring other forms of creative writing anyway ( with resurrecting old poetry  and trying out my pitching skills through my day job at ITV ). For as long as I can remember, I've been a huge fan of stories told through the medium of television and film, having always enjoyed sitting in front of the box at home and also spent a lot of time in my various day jobs over the last few decades working in TV.  And within the longer stories I try to construct in book form, I've become increasingly aware that I 'visualise' scenes and action, more like films and TV portray.  S