Story Development Support | Mentorship | Workshops
Script-Ed by Maria Odufuye - A consultancy and creative hub offering script development and editing for writers and production companies, alongside workshops for aspiring Script Editors.
I've read hundreds of scripts, worked in countless story meetings, and supported Showrunners and Writers both creatively and emotionally to bring their stories to life.
My approach is to deliver feedback that is clear, compassionate and analytical as I help shape story, character, structure and tone, whilst staying true to a writer's creative vision.
I'm passionate about meaningful, entertaining and inclusive stories and always look forward to collaborating with writers who are eager to take their work to the next level. If you're looking for constructive notes that question, champion and offer creative solutions, I'd love to work with you! As a Story Producer actively working on shows. I bring current industry knowledge and experience to every project.
Let’s work together to develop your project and get it ready for the next stage.
MY MISSION
To champion writers and support them in telling stories that break boundaries, entertain and give us all a voice. I’m also determined to put script editing on the map by training and mentoring emerging Script Editors and connecting industry professionals with new talent.
"Maria's notes on our BFI funded animated pilot script were really useful. She provided useful character perspectives that I hadn't considered. She also suggested a wonderful specific motivation for one of the main characters that made the B plot make so much more sense! Peppered amongst the notes to address she also thoughtfully added comments on areas she enjoyed and felt were already working well. This mix made the editing process a happy one. Thank you Maria."— Myles McLeod (The Brothers McLeod), writertestimonials
“I absolutely love working with Maria, her ability to simultaneously understand the need for both the micro and macro of any scene and to help craft that nuance is a real gift”— Russell Tovey, Actor & Screenwriter "Working with Maria is a highly enjoyable process. Her notes are insightful, thought provoking and invaluable to say the least. She gets to the root of what isn't working well and provides great solutions without ever coming across as if she's trying to write your script for you. She provided notes really quickly without compromising on quality, and the follow up call we had afterwards highlighted how great she is at communicating and building a rapport with writers. There is no way that your work won't be enhanced after working with Maria. I can't recommend her services enough."— Antonio Taylor, writerIt has been an absolute pleasure to work with Maria, her attention to detail and thorough feedback has really helped me take my script to the next level. As a fairly new writer, I felt really comfortable expressing my ideas and I hope to work again with her in the future.
— Hannah Simpson, writerI attended Maria's 'Script Editing: From Prep to Production' course back in April. It was such a fantastic week, and I learnt so much over the 5 days. Maria is a gifted teacher and manages to share her vast knowledge and experience in a really fun and engaging way.I would highly recommend anyone thinking about making the move into script editing to sign up. FIVE STARS.— Benjamin Fergie, NFTS course participant Maria was an absolute delight to work with. Firstly, she was very quick which is no mean feat in our industry. I got the feedback only six days after sending her my 54-page script. Secondly, Marias's notes were very professional and insightful. She cheered the scenes she loved and was very constructive about the things she thought could use more work. And lastly, she eagerly answered all of my questions about the script and her notes in a 20-minute call which helped me even more. Just perfect. I would highly recommend working with Maria to every scribe out there!
— Andrey Kurganov, writerMaria is your ideal script editor. Her incredible sense of story, character, structure (and the rest) aside, she knows how to give feedback that you can actually use. She championed the characters and scenes that were singing, and sensitively challenged the parts she knew could grow or evolve - asking questions, nearly all you deep down know the answer to, but sometimes can't be objective about or didn't know the right question to ask yourself.
Having a call with Maria also helped clarify any notes and give me an opportunity to go more in-depth about certain aspects of the script that weren't reading as they were intended; where Maria heard me out and then offered the perfect ideas and solutions!
Maria's notes and questions are as insightful as they are exciting - I immediately fell in love with my script again, and couldn't wait to work on the feedback. Thank you!— Ethan Harvey, writerMaria is an excellent script editor. As a new writer she really helped me up my game with character development, plot and structure. My script is in a completely different place now. She really puts in 100% and gets invested in it with you whilst keeping a sharp eye on how to make it a brilliant script. I've truly enjoyed my time working with Maria and hope there's many more opportunities to do so!
— Saphia Haddouche, writer
