Screenplays
Before I started working on the Holding the Fort series, I loved writing screenplays. Comedies especially. I believe the world can always use a little more humor. Below is a list of all the scripts I have written, along with their loglines.
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To any agents and producers: If you have made it to this far-flung outpost of cyberspace, stick around for a spell. There’s some fun stuff in here. All screenplays are available by request.
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The first six scripts have placed or made the finals in large competitions, such as:
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- The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
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- The American Accolades Screenwriting Competition
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- A Feeding Frenzy Screenwriting Competition
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- Writemovies.com/Talent Scout Writing Competition
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- ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest
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- Screenplay Festival
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- The American Screenwriting Competition
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(Notably, three different scripts placed 7th, 7th, and 4th out of 2,000 entries in three consecutive years in this contest. “All Downhill From There” “Martial Con Artist” and “I’m With Genius”)
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- The Nicholl Fellowships
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(A semi-finalist placement. Top-30 of 5,000+ scripts. “A Pawn in the Game”)
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Brother Against Brother (Comedy)
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With his inheritance at stake, a chronic underachiever who is down on his luck battles his arrogant, super-successful younger brother in events concocted by their competition-crazy father who is infatuated with the Olympic Games.
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I’m With Genius (Comedy/Romantic Comedy)
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After a chance encounter, an immature goofball falls for a young woman who is a super-genius. The relationship thrives in its own quirky way until the woman’s hardcore intellectual father, a brainy colleague that pines for her, and a secret conspire to make him feel insecure.
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All Downhill From There (Comedy/Romantic Comedy)
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A former child sitcom star poses as an Amish man in a desperate attempt to win back the love of a co-star he broke up with in his heyday; though now, she’s the most esteemed actress in Hollywood, and he’s a nobody who, along with his colorful castmates, runs a two-bit museum dedicated to the long-canceled show.
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Reviewed by Feeding Frenzy story analyst, Cheryl Herring. Cheryl stated: “It’s the first script I’ve read in quite a while where I found myself smiling, chuckling, and laughing out loud…A very entertaining and funny, funny, funny script…You have a warped sense of humor and I love it.”
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Martial Con Artist (Comedy/Romantic Comedy)
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A famous Hollywood action star, noted for his bravado and flashy martial arts moves, is unwittingly summoned to a small town to save the citizens from a gang of thugs -- just like he did in a movie. The situation turns precarious when it becomes apparent the action hero couldn’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag.
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A Pawn in the Game (Drama)
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An intellectually gifted kid from Harlem struggles to meet the unrealistic basketball expectations of his troubled father. As an adult, after a stint in prison and estrangement from his own son, he finds a way to break the vicious cycle using his uncanny ability for the game of chess.
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The script was covered by story analyst Cheryl Herring, where she stated: “Wow!!! You blew me away with your script…This was such a great read. I remember you telling me you were working on a drama after your two hysterically funny scripts. Well, you certainly can change gears with ease…This is one movie I’d love to see on the big screen.”
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Winning Over Dad (Comedy)
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An average Joe manages to win the heart of the most popular girl in school but struggles to endear himself to her hard-nosed, ex-marine father who still regrets his daughter’s decision to dump her uber-athletic ex-boyfriend. In the grueling pursuit of her father’s approval, he finds an unlikely and much-needed father figure for himself.
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The following scripts have not been entered into contests:
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A Life Unscripted (Comedy/Dramedy)
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A man desperately struggling with Social Anxiety Disorder meets a girl, but can only cope by having his writer friend script dates for him. When the short-term solution fails to help his condition, the only way he can overcome his disability is to face his fears in a big event situation…with fifty-thousand fans watching.
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Pitching Shoes (Comedy)
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An emasculate man struggles to gain acceptance in his rough and tumble Texas farm family when he discovers that he’s a horseshoe pitching prodigy with the opportunity to utilize his talents to save the financially foundering farm. With the help of the fair queen, whom he coaches to victory, the horseshoe-pitching phenomenon braves the grizzled horseshoe subculture, including a showdown with the despicable reigning champion in a humorous contrast of personalities.
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Erika’s Theory (Romantic Comedy)
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A cynical social psychologist who has been burned romantically sets out to develop the ultimate equation for matchmaking. While researching the subject, he learns from a special woman in an odd town that there is no formula for love.
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Devine Intervention (Comedy)
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A desperate, out-of-touch reverend of a very elderly church congregation prays to God to better understand his unruly teenage son, only to have the prayer answered in a fashion that transforms the minister into a party hound himself.
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Show on the Road (Comedy)
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The sarcastic host of a stodgy talk show, beleaguered by falling ratings and media caricature, attempts to gain Prime Time television eminence by traveling the country doing on-location, often undercover, shows with the dregs of society. When the new show becomes wildly successful, the host’s jealous, sleazy arch-rival underhandedly tries to prove the show is fake. The host triumphs in a bizarre ending, in which his rival painfully learns that you shouldn’t mess with people who have friends in low places.