Experience

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  USEFUL Story Solutions

  • Cape Town

  • Owner

    • Jan 1989 - Present
    • Cape Town

    USEFUL Story Solutions: Using the power of story to make meaning and solve problems

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  Freelance

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Screenwriter, Script Editor, Voice Artist and Trainer

    • Jun 1997 - Present
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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  Scriptwitch

  • Scriptwriter & Consultant

    • Aug 2009 - Present

    I have been writing for all kinds of performance and media for nearly four decades. In 2009, I became known as Scriptwitch. Apart from continuing to write, I offer consultation on stories and scripts with the benefit of many years of insight into the Alchemy of Storytelling. No matter what vehicle your story is using, and whether you need advice on structure, plot, themes, genre, conflict, characters or dialogue, I will help you to acknowledge the value your story has, and what needs more care and development.

  • Writing Coach

    • 2009 - Mar 2024

    Facilitation, mentorship and training services for writers, with a special focus on scripts of all kinds.

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  DogTail Inc

  • Owner

    • 2010 - Present

    Dog Tail is a content development enterprise with these major interests: developing local entertainment and edu-tainment material for a mass South African audience; enabling writers to tell the stories they have in the most effective and marketable way; promoting a can-do attitude among filmmaker...

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  City Varsity

  • Cape Town

  • Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting

    • Jan 2015 - Aug 2020
    • Cape Town

    Lecturer in Film and Television Scriptwriting, BA and Diploma streams (both to NQF level 7); course design; Acting HOD (Diploma) in 2018.

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  UCT film and media

  • Ad Hoc Lecturer

    • 2007 - 2011

    Lectures in screenwriting, comedy and development of the Honours multi-camera projects 2007 - 2014

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  Cape Film Commission

  • Collaborator in script development and filmmaking

    • 2009 - 2009
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  AFDA

  • LECTURER

    • 2006 - 2008

    Scriptwriting (HOD Cape Town Campus, 2006-2008), Voice and Live Performance

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  Dialect and Accent

  • Coach

    • Jan 2000 - Jul 2000

    I am available as an on-set dialect/accent coach and for individual caoching and audition preparation at competitive rates. Apart from General American and RP British, I teach a range of regional dialects for UK, SA and USA, as well as the following accents: French, German, Afrikaans, Italian, R...