Writer Helen Jacey offers unique insights into the highs and lows of today's cinematic love stories.

The romance genre has gone through countless evolutions. From epics to bromances, westerns to sci-fi, having a love story at the heart of the narrative raises new challenges for filmmakers; whether writer, director, producer or actress. Helen Jacey, author of The Woman in the Story: Writing Memorable Female Characters, will give unique insight into the highs and lows and not necessarily happy endings of today's love stories. Showing how love stories, whatever period they are set in, reveal more about contemporary attitudes than meets the eye, Helen will provide some inspirational guidelines for all who love making films about making love! 

Author Biography: Helen Jacey is a screenwriter, author, story consultant and lecturer. She gained her MA and PhD in screenwriting from the University of the Arts, London and has worked with numerous UK and European producers. Helen's current projects in development are an epic love story, a surfer road movie, and a wartime drama. She is also writing her first novel. Her book The Woman in the Story: Writing Memorable Female is published by Michael Wiese Productions. It is the first screenwriting guide that aims to help writers consider gender issues when creating female characters. www.helenjacey.com 

After the talk Helen Jacey will be signing copies of the book in the Filmstore.

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