Stewart Carry is part of the Page Turner Award Editorial Team and a judge for the annual awards, judging screenplays, unpublished manuscripts and published books.
As a retired schoolteacher turned script and screenwriter, his forty-year career included extensive overseas teaching, lecturing, and drama training, which he credits as providing a deep well of material for his writing.
His professional background includes writing scripts and directing stage plays for public performance, as well as producing educational materials for Oxford University Press and Heinemann. His diverse portfolio covers multi-genre scripts, including shorts, features, and mini/extended TV series.
He has achieved modest success in various local and international events, with recent semi-finalist and finalist awards at the Roscommon, Kerry, and Waterford Film Festivals (2025). Other notable achievements include being placed in the top 10% of shortlisted scripts for the BBC Open Call in 2019 and securing a table read at the London Screenwriters’ Festival the following year.
As a freelance editor and judge for the Page Turner Awards, he is honoured to assist others in achieving their best work. While he pays close attention to necessary technical elements (spelling, grammar, punctuation), his primary focus is always on the creative essentials: structure, the quality of dialogue, and descriptive prose that establishes the world of the story. He believes that mastering these elements is the foundation for successful creative writing.
Stewart is married and lives in County Kerry, Ireland, with Tess and their French Bulldog, Molly.
Comments
An Interrupted Life, by Mark Holmes
Hello Stewart,
Thank you for taking the time to read the first ten pages of my feature screenplay. I truly appreciate your thoughtful feedback.
Your observation that the protagonist’s decision to leave happens too early touches on an aspect of the story I have wrestled with for quite some time. Over the following 110 pages, the screenplay explores how he navigates grief, maintains optimism, reinvents himself, and ultimately finds the courage to live and love again.
After reading your profile and considering your experience, my instinct is to act on your suggestion and revisit the pacing of those opening pages. However, I was recently at the Marché du Film in Cannes, where an experienced producer advised me to move quickly into the decision to leave London - ideally by page five.
As a result, I find myself uncertain about the best path forward: whether to slow the opening down and deepen the emotional texture so it feels more grounded and heartfelt, or to enter the central conflict earlier and allow the emotional context to unfold organically as the story progresses.
If you would be interested in reading the full screenplay, I would be delighted to send it to you.
Mark Holmes.