About The Content Storyteller
‘So, where did the storytelling start?’ is a question that comes up regularly.You can find a brief rundown below before I move on to my creative journey.
In 2018 I received my first commission, a blog for a business services business, for a tiny sum of money, but that didn’t matter because, for the first time in the business sector, I had made money from my words and ideas.
I’d finished up with the theatre obsession and was moving into screenwriting when a friend I worked with insisted I meet her boss, who was looking for a blog writer.
I’d never written a blog before, but I had just had a play produced on a London stage, so I was feeling ever-ready.
The fee was pitiful, but it didn’t matter; I had just made a commission using nothing but my ideas and words. So maybe there was something to using creativity in business.
There was, and is.
Since then, I’ve been working with clients to help them shine a light on their business using digital content such as landing pages or websites, animated scripts, ebooks even a 9-module e-learning course.
Creativity doesn’t just live on the stage, in a book, or in the arts industry; it is an essential part of how businesses communicate with the world.
Sarah takes a small spark of an idea and expands it into something engaging, relevant to our audience and most importantly, purposeful with a deep and meaningful message.
About Me
I arrived in this hemisphere in 1997 – I’d like to say I graced it with my presence, but being a wayward teenager, it was probably more a case of disgrace. So now, after over 20 years in London, I’ve arrived at my next stop, Aberdeen.
What a city this is! Two rivers, a beach, a ‘Bon Accord’ motto and friendly and engaged people. I’ve had more conversations with neighbours in 6 months than in London for ten years.
2008
In 2008 I had a Billy Elliot moment seeing a play in London. That was an adaptation of the Danish story Festen, and it was wild! I always knew I wanted to be a writer but hadn’t had any formal training. So when I saw that show, I knew I wanted to write for theatre.
2013
With a sold-out, week-long run of my play, Sublime, on a London stage, the love affair with the form ended, and I moved on to screenwriting. Alongside the creative writing, I worked in project coordination roles in subsea engineering and construction. This gave me experience in large-scale projects and helped me fill all the seats in my London play run. I love multi-stream activities.
2018
But at heart, I’m more of a storyteller than a networker, and the film business requires a lot of networking. So now, following a course at NESCOL, I’m working on short stories and planning a self-published collection in the future.
Of course, writing means I love literature and culture, which I discovered during my part-time Open University degree that I finished in 2014. They kicked me off in the end because I was capitalising on the decision to offer current students old pre-university fees. I squeezed in two extra modules before they sent me on my way with a 2:1 – fair enough!
Creative Portfolio
Theatre Productions
- Sublime – 2017, Tristan Bates Theatre
- Sublime Extract – 2016, Sexual Politics Theme Night, Pleasance Theatre
- High Seas – 2016, Richmond Drama and Music Festival
- Gloves Off (Short) – 2015, Theatre 503
Screenwriting Awards
- European Independent Film Awards 2018: Platinum Award for Best Script
- LA Film Awards 2018: Best Original Story
- Creative World Awards 2018: Thriller Finalist
- LA Independent Film Awards: Winner Best Screenplay
Full-length stories
- Sublime (thriller)
A career heistess interrupts her estranged brother from his life of domestic bliss to get his help on the job of their lifetime. - Deeper Learning (sci-fi)
A scientist whose husband was killed in a violent political act uses their life’s work to try and 3D print him back to life. - High Seas (metaphysical, historical fiction)
Women of history, all representing resistance within their movements, are held prisoner on the high seas of time where their stories are in danger of disappearing forever – Rosa Parks, Ani Pachen and Lucie Aubrac.
Short Stories so far:
- The Curse (thriller)
A prequel to Sublime, Viktor fulfils his lifelong mission; to find and steal back his father’s gold but with a tragic sacrifice. - Digital Love
A modern retake of Rumpelstiltskin; a young girl is locked and forced to work for two wealthy exploiters who want to weave her data into gold. - Cobwebs
A doctor, frustrated with her lack of agency over influencing her patients, embarks on a dangerous experiment with a wife who shows signs of being gaslighted. - True Engagement
A woman who is starting to get tired of a new job gets trapped inside her corporate twitter account where she cannot escape the cheesy and misleading taglines she has been writing for her company.