Senior Lecturer · Playwright · Script Editor · Brighton
Julie
Everton
Writing, script editing and teaching the craft. Senior Lecturer in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Brighton, with over thirty years writing and script consulting for stage, radio, television and screen.
Practice
Stage · Screen · Editorial
Teaching
University of Brighton
Based
Brighton, UK
Available
Produced, broadcast and developed with
Royal Court Theatre
Soho Theatre
BBC Drama
Paines Plough
CBBC
HBO
BBC Radio 4
UK Film Council
Chelsea Centre Theatre
ITV Crossroads
Allfilm
Cockpit Theatre
BBC Online
Paper Seven Games
Brighton Festival
About
Writer, editor, teacher.
I have written six plays, performed at the Royal Court, Soho Theatre and on national tour, and written for CBBC, BBC Drama, ITV’s Crossroads and BBC Radio 4.
For more than twenty years I have worked as a script editor and screenwriting tutor with writers across Europe and beyond. Whatever the project, I aim to create a supportive, generative space where you can develop your own voice.
30+
years writing for stage, television, film and radio
20+
years script editing and teaching screenwriting
8
months training as a script editor in Denmark with USC professors David Howard and Tom Abrams
5
broadcasters written for, from CBBC to BBC Radio 4
Work with me
Where are you with your writing?
Three ways in, depending on what you need right now.
Script editing
“I have a draft, and it isn’t working yet.”
Clear-eyed, writer-friendly notes on feature films, TV pilots, short films and stage plays, from outline to final draft. I trained with USC professors David Howard and Tom Abrams, and my credits include an HBO screenplay.
Coaching for writers
“I know what I want to write. I just never get to it.”
Coaching works on your mindset, habits and the everyday obstacles that stop you finishing: creative blocks, self-doubt, a routine that lasts. I am a qualified life coach with the Coaching Academy.
Courses
“I want to learn how it’s done.”
I lead screenwriting courses at Depot Cinema, Lewes and Lighthouse, Brighton, have designed playwriting courses for Brighton Theatre Royal and Chichester Theatre, and teach MA and undergraduate screenwriters at the University of Brighton.
Selected work · Stage
On stage, from the Royal Court to the Brighton fringe.
My plays engage with the relationship between fact and fiction and experiment imaginatively with form and structure to find the best way to tell the story.
Also produced
Sunmilk, Paines Plough · Firestarting, Chelsea Centre Theatre · Smile and Focus Group, Soho Theatre · A Place in the Country · Angels on Bicycles
Selected work · Screen & radio
Television, film & radio.
Written for
- CBBC
- BBC Online
- BBC Drama Series
- ITV’s Crossroads
- BBC Radio 4
Script consultant
- HBO, original screenplay
- Allfilm, Estonian co-production
- UK Film Council Digital Shorts
- Paper Seven Games, narrative
Press
Julie’s work exudes theatrical self-confidence.
Times Literary Supplement
“The most important play to come to Brighton in years.”
Julian Caddy, Brighton Festival
“There’s warmth and hope aplenty in this keenly observed examination of a truly unique relationship.”
David Clack, Time Out
Testimonials
What writers say.
Julie has a very fine eye and is clear-sighted, incisive, and generous about other writers’ work. She is capable of in-depth analysis and has run a range of workshops as well as being involved in story conferencing on series such as Crossroads and Down to Earth.
Mel Kenyon, Literary Agent, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates
She was the best editor I could have wished for, for myself and for my project. She can really feel and think herself into a project and give of herself generously. She will not compete with the writer for who brings the best solutions, but she will always come up with new ideas.
Jose Alders, Screenwriter, Amsterdam
Julie was an absolute pleasure to work with. She combines an extremely pleasant and writer-friendly manner with a clear vision of how to improve scripts, and incisive, constructive advice. With Julie’s help, our script developed to the point where Screen South selected it for the Los Angeles Trade Mission.
Dan & Nuria Wicksman, Screenwriters
Julie is a fantastic tutor — so warm, kind and welcoming, but most of all so knowledgeable and a great teacher. Really creative tasks and activities. Sad it’s finished!
Katie, course participant
Get in touch
Tell me about your project.
Fees are available on request. Script editing sessions include a written report and a two-hour meeting, face to face or online.
or write to julie@julieeverton.com