Senior Scriptwriter Role

My role as Senior Scriptwriter would be with the intention to support and contribute to the further development of the writing team. I would come into the writing team not only as a fellow writer but, as an advisor and capable leader. Continuing to establish the existing relationship between the writing team and other departments within the organisation would be very important to me.

Maintaining close communication with the factual team, studio, gender team and other departments within Girl Effect as well as being the bridge between management and the writing team will be a critical role. This can be done through regular meetings or scheduled catch – ups. I would provide guidance and leadership to the team. I would make myself available to

Writers would asses if the storylines were engaging, if characters Behaviour Change Objectives were met and where we could have improved as a team. Moving on from this stage we would work on the next series storyline by first looking at our content themes, assessing which character could best demonstrate that theme, what would be their BCO, and how can we put an effective Top line story brief together to achieve all this. The team would them spend time to write and share individual synopsis of what would happen in the upcoming series, as well as individual character storylines. The first draft of the top line would entail ideas collectively chosen by the team to best represent the radio drama objectives. Once complete the top line shall be shared with management and when approved shall be sent to various departments within the office. As a foundation the top line will be used in assisting us to develop outlines for each episode of the season. There will be breaks during the outlining for scripting to begin. Outlining shall be led by writers to build their capacity in that field. Once edited and approved by the senior scriptwriter the outlines shall be sent to management for approval. Any feedback from management or required changes will be done by the writer to either correct or defend their work. After scripting, writers shall peer review each other’s work before it is edited by the senior scriptwriter and sent for