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Writer Will Self asked to curate his own archive for the British Library; ENGLAND: London: INTGVs Writer Will Self typing on old fashioned typewriter and partial interview overlaid SOT- best book is the next one, looking to the future / posterity a dirty word for any working artistSelf typing at deskWill Self and ITN Reporter along inside British Library Self and reporter looking at work in archive Self removing box from shelf containing his own workSelf looking through his own work with reporter in archive Will Self (author) interview as flicks through his work SOT- on liking post-it notes / jokes that he creates chaos out of chaosClose shot manuscriptSelf and Long looking through self archived work at desk Close shot Self cartoon PULL OUTWill Self interview SOT- If you are a literary critic or biographer these kinds of resources, gives you a rounded picture - hope nobody ever looks at it at all CUTAWAY post-it notes stuck into book and flicked throughClose shots of Self archive including letters, photographs and birth certificateSelf interview SOT- on being in the public eye - social media and relationship with the web is like creating an ongoing personal archiveClose shot Self cartoon Close shot type-written manuscriptClose shot photo of young SelfSelf interview SOT- why he works on typewriter / distractions of working onlineClose shot typewriter as Self writes Close shot Self in spectacles/glassesClose shot photograph of a young Self with partial interview overlaid SOTSelf interview SOT- shift in culture and how we view writers - become a secondary mode- why he still choses to write novels