LA Festival Feature Screenplay: Paloma, by Louisa Carrington

As a highly motivated and enthusiastic paediatric nurse, I am seeking to transition my career in order to progress and enhance my creative skills to the next level. I am eager to transform the high standard of professional skills, knowledge and experience I have gained from nursing over the past 10 years into a writing role.

My connection with writing has always been exceptionally strong, although never developed thoroughly. Previously, I have extended my artistic skills throughout a vast range of differing resources, primarily composing screenplays and scripts of late and creatively and intuitively writing poetry throughout my whole life. I possess the skills to generate appealing content that captivates and intrigues audiences relating to the relevant theme.

The experience and extensive training I have received throughout my nursing career has enabled me to gain invaluable initiative, team working, autonomy and organisational skills which is extremely transferable to…