Helen Jacey

The Woman In The Story: Writing Memorable Female Characters is ten years old!

In 2010, The Woman in the Story: Writing Memorable Female Characters was first published. Since then, this hugely popular writing guide has been used by screenwriters and filmmakers all over the world.

It’s secret? It empowers you to create the female character you always wanted to watch on screen.

Discover a new way of thinking about character development, gender and representation!

Her Story. Your way.

Praise for the woman in the story

‘No writer has more intricately explored what contemporary writing for and about women means about us today than Jacey….this book is a must.’

‘An inventive and wonderfully clear guide to bringing female characters to life. Brilliant – the first book to think about screenwriting and gender.’

‘Wonderful…intelligence, sensitivity, and insight from a hands-on, experienced female writer.’

‘Jacey’s passion for inclusiveness shines through and make the subject material feel like an open conversation.’

Latest publication: Chipped Pearls Elvira Slate Investigations

The thrilling follow-up to Jailbird Detective!

In Chipped Pearls: Elvira Slate Investigations Book 2, 1940s female sleuth Elvira Slate faces a double sleuthing whammy. Save a young jazz singer from the death penalty, before enemies from her past drag her down.

Do you like the sound of the feminist vintage noir world of Helen’s 1940s female detective series Elvira Slate Investigations? Then please visit Shedunnit Productions: