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Screenwriting
Original features, television pilots and adaptations with a strong commercial and emotional spine.
Writer / Script Doctor / Development Consultant
Make the story impossible to put down.
Clear-eyed creative partnership for features, television and audio drama — from the first premise to the final draft.
Bring me in early →The work
Good development is both imaginative and exacting.
I help writers, producers and commissioners find the cleanest, most compelling version of the project already trying to emerge.
That can mean creating a script from the ground up, solving a difficult draft, or pressure-testing a development slate before it absorbs more time and money.
How I can help
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Rewrites
Targeted rewrites that preserve what is working while bringing clarity, momentum and a more decisive point of view.
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Script Doctoring
A practical, candid diagnosis of story, character, structure and tone — followed by a focused route through the rewrite.
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Novel Editing
Developmental editing for novels: strengthening structure, character, pace and narrative voice while preserving the author’s intent.
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Development Consulting
Creative strategy for producers and companies: notes, treatments, pitch materials, slate development and talent-facing support.
Background
Thirty years of turning story problems into forward motion.
RecognitionTwo BAFTA nominations
KodakOutstanding Cinematic Achievement
BBCAudience Choice
Interfilm BerlinBest Film
Turner Classic MoviesPrize winner
RangeUK, Europe and Los Angeles
ExperienceWriter, producer and development executive
ScaleProjects from $1m to $25m
TrainingMA Creative Writing, Cambridge
Working styleDirect, discreet, collaborative
A better first brief
What needs to move?
Choose the kind of help you need and write the project in your own words. I’ll turn it into a concise enquiry you can send straight away.
Confidential enquiry
Start with the thing that is resisting you.
No pitch-deck theatre. Just the project, the pressure point and what a useful next step would look like.
Anything you share will be treated in confidence. Or simply leave this blank and introduce the project by email.
Prefer to email directly? wordone@lineone.net
Your draft will be ready to copy into an email.