Screenplays

“…and the Sheriff rides up like a J-Lo thong..."

I've never parked cars for money, but I've been a bartender and a waiter, so I feel I'm basically qualified to be a screenwriter.

Worth a try, I thought. I bought some books, took a class, and hung out with a local group of wannabes. One of the discoveries that delighted me was that the pros place a lot of stock in Joseph Campbell's ruminations on the structure of myth – if not its place and importance in human culture. (I read his stuff in college in conjunction with philosophical and theological pursuits; he's a real guidepost if you're wrestling with questions of belief.)

Anyway, I tried. And in ways succeeded, with a good story at the very least. Here are my efforts to date, some dramatic screenplays, some comedic screenplays and some trouncing the dramady borderline.

You can read and download them in Adobe Reader (PDF) format, then join the tribe or contact me and tell me if we should make a film.

Feature-length dramedy, adapted from my story.

Logline: An octogenarian cowgirl and her best friend, a retired saloonkeeper, resort to drugs, kidnapping, and interstate flight to escape the nursing home and reclaim their lives.

Feature-length, original dramedy inspired by September 11 and Remembrance Day.

Logline: Broken by 9/11, a bitter and alienated World War II veteran plans his end, but his great-granddaughter and her best friend have other ideas.

Short Drama, adapted from my story; Flash animation collaboration ongoing.

Logline: A recently-divorced father sharing custody of his small boy learns about parenting in an unlikely place – Death Row.

Short Drama, adapted from my story.

Logline: Adrift in his own life and paralyzed by competing belief systems, a high school graduate gets direction and purpose from a surprising source.

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