Ever since Neanderthals first told fireside tales of the hunt, stories have had to be engaging, distinctive, resonating, and satisfying in order to earn audience interest – and not get the storyteller booed out of the cave.

As script editor and funding assessor, Patrick O’Driscoll delivers honest, cohesive, actionable development assistance aimed at meeting a writer or creative team’s objectives and maximising a story’s ability to compete in its target market. Patrick’s services cover all levels of development, from budding synopses, treatments, and early draft scripts to finance-seeking production packages.

He collaborates closely with writers, producers, and creative teams from Ireland, UK, US and Australia, developing projects of all genres and formats, aimed at diverse markets. From his base in Cork, Ireland, Patrick also consults with public funding bodies there (CnaM) and in the UK (NIS), evaluating fiction and factual film/TV proposals in support of funding decisions.

Whether he is helping writers to strengthen their stories or selecting financeable projects with funding organisations, Patrick’s guiding focus is on a story’s ability to emotionally move its primary audience – a value that stems from his background in writing, a lifelong appreciation of cinematic narratives, and his desire to keep storytellers from being booed out of their respective caves.