J E S S
E D W A R D S
Jess Edwards is an award-winning director and writer, most recently directing Are You Watching? at the Royal Court Theatre. Other directing credits include: Elephant (Menier Chocolate Factory / Bush Theatre), Conversations After Sex (Park Theatre), Going Out Out (HOME, Manchester), Hotter/Fitter (Soho Theatre & Edinburgh Fringe), Funeral Flowers (Roundhouse), Sparks (HighTide & Edinburgh Fringe), Passengers (Edinburgh Fringe & Adelaide Fringe), War & Culture (New Diorama).
In addition to her awards, Jess has shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Playwriting and the international Yale Drama Series Award. Her screenplay Clitorati won the Studio21 Drama Script Award and is currently in development with 5Acts, part of ITV Studios and a slate of new musicals.
Jess's Instagram:
www.instagram.com/jsaedwards
Session moderated by Susanna Davies-Crook
Session photography by Matt Maude
Author's photograph by Madeline Penfold
T H E E X E R C I S E
The Write Turning Points
You have 15 minutes to write five turning points in your life (or your character's)
You have 3 minutes to write another five.
You have 1 minute to write another five.
Take one and spend twenty minutes turning it into a longer piece
