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Writer, producer and story consultant Emily Gascoyne Hollyoaks, Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale) will be running a hands-on workshop for 14-18 year olds, that aims to help aspiring young creatives hone their story-telling skills, as they plan and write their own episodes of teen drama, Hollyoaks.

From Initial idea, to storyline, then script, Emily will take them through the industry-standard creative process.

Emily Gascoyne is a Writer and Story consultant for Channel 4?s flagship soap, Hollyoaks. In her role, she writes episodes for the show and works with the Producers to develop short and long-term stories that really resonate with their young audience.

Emily previously wrote for Coronation Street (ITV) for four years. Before that, she was a writer on Hollyoaks and was also the Series Producer there for five years, working closely with the Executive Producer to develop the overall creative vision for show, and leading the editorial and production teams to deliver that vision. Her career highlights were winning the Broadcast Award and the RTS Award for Continuing Drama and being BAFTA nominated three times.

In her twenty-three-year TV career, much of that time has been spent in story offices. She estimates she has been directly involved in the storylining of almost 2000 hours of continuing drama and indirectly involved in many more. She has been the Story Producer at Hollyoaks, Emmerdale and Eastenders and has also spent time north of the border at River City.

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Huddersfield Road,

Penistone,

South Yorkshire,

England,

S36 7BX.