Writing

Strengths

  • Excellent interpersonal, assessment, investigative, interview, leadership and writing skills

  • Published and produced writer with extensive media experience

  • Strong skills in story structure and analysis

  • Many years of nursing experience in hospital and community

Awards

  • Certificate of Merit Playwrighting, Theatre B.C.

Free-Lance Writer/Broadcaster

  • Raised in broadcast family, assisted with management of a network of five radio stations.
  • Media Awareness, writing, producing, management
  • Producer/ Writer/Voice –“People to People” a documentary radio program focusing on native culture
  • Union contract negotiation
  • Written proposals for government agencies – application for FM licenses and interventions

Published work

  • Newspaper columnist Courier Islander Newspaper (Phelps Philosophies)
  • Journal article, Canadian Nurse Magazine (“Taking Care of Business”)
  • Commissioned article In Focus Magazine (“Schizophrenia”)
  • Commissioned “Land Resource Management”, a docudrama for the Ehattesaht Tribe
  • Readers Digest Magazine, (lights out, story)

Produced/optioned work

  • “Thirty Days” a play in one act performed in Campbell River, B.C. River City Players, Theatre B.C.
  • “The Truth Fairy” a musical play Deer Lake Theatre Society.
  • “Essock” a play in one act performed in Gold River, B.C. Ehattesaht Tribe
  • “Taking Daddy to Court”, a docudrama video (writer/producer/director credits) Courtenay, B.C. Local Courtenay Cable
  • “Emerge” a play produced in Ontario, Canada and Nanaimo B.C.
  • “GEMS Journey” a full length play produced Napa California
  • “GEMS Journey” North Carolina
  • 7 optioned screenplays to producers in Los Angeles, Ca. 2 thrillers, 4 drama and 1 fantasy/family/comedy

Completed several other screenplays and TV. spec scripts which have been under consideration in U.S. markets.

Screenplays Available

Over the Edge
A nurse goes up against an abusive psychiatrist who she believes murdered her best friend. In retaliation he sabotages her, having others doubt her sanity, then certifies her and tries to kill her.

Dead Air
A feisty night- time radio host recovering from the death of her husband, finds herself trapped in her on air booth and is receiving threatening calls from beyond the mortal world.

Play available for production

Emerge
An embittered woman who is challenged by past family relationships takes her elderly, confused father to the Emergency Room of a hospital with hopes of having him admitted and declared incompetent. She gets more than she bargained for when faced with a long wait, and the arrival of her estranged daughter along with an ill psychiatrist and suicidal young man. As the group waits together they learn that assumptions and the stories we tell ourselves are not exactly how things truly are.

Comments from Producers

Charleen has excellent story-telling skills, with a particular expertise in structure and dialogue. She is a competent editor, adept with re-structuring a script as well as refining characters and sharpening dialogue. I highly recommend Charleen for any kind of screenwriting or script consulting work

Charleen Phelps has proven herself not only a screenplay writer, but very keen in the identification and development of story material for film and television. She is adept at fleshing out stories as well as culling together research information so that it can be folded into the story line. I have been very pleased with her ability to stand back and see the big picture – this talent has made her an incredible story consultant on various projects.

For Production inquires/screenplay submissions
Contact Charles Northcote
Coreliterary.com
416-466-4929
[email protected]

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