Alison Pennells is a scriptwriter, playwright, novelist and script consultant from Leeds
Alison Pennells is a scriptwriter, playwright, novelist and script consultant from Leeds
As a female script consultant, my career in film and TV followed a route map which is pretty standard for scriptwriters in the UK. I get asked a lot about how to break into film and TV as screenwriter, and the simple answer to the question is that a lot of writers I know, followed …
As a female script consultant, I worked on ITV soap Emmerdale for three or four years – I started as a storyline writer after being talented spotted by producer Kieran Roberts. Then after a period working in the story team I moved onto the writing team proper and wrote 25 episodes over two years on the core writing team of the show.