Sue Teddern’s writing credits include Cooking in a Bedsitter, The Archers,soloparentpals.com, Sad Girl (radio), Birds of a Feather and Homefront (TV). A ‘graduate’ of Arvon, she has taught at all their centres and served on their management council. In addition to teaching on the Institute's Creative Writing undergraduate diploma, she has lectured in scriptwriting at Central School of Speech and Drama, UEA, Anglia Ruskin and City University.
Sue was screenwriter-in-residence at the University of Exeter and taught the MA module ‘Developing the Feature Screenplay’. She has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Essex, East Anglia and Sussex Universities and is now an Advisory Fellow. Sue co-wrote Writing for TV & Radio: a Writers’ & Artists’ Companion (Bloomsbury/2015) with Nick Warburton.
Sue's teaching style reflects her experience as a writer, where ideas are often developed through teamwork. TV and radio clips are incorporated into classes to demonstrate theories around character, structure and dialogue. Workshops include numerous creative exercises, in order to put theory into practice and the overall style is informal, informative and encouraging. Sue enjoys teaching adult students because they bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the "writers' room". Radio, particularly, attracts students who love the medium and appreciate its ability to take listeners anywhere, via good writing and powerful imagination.
