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| I write scripts
mostly for fun. When a setting or a character comes to mind very vividly,
I think of the visual aspect of writing and put the story down in
script form. Among Us and Among Us the TV/streaming series
were actually scripts before I converted them to the novel format.
PersID went the other way around. I could just see the poor
guy who couldn’t get many dates fumbling around with a new technology
to improve his chances so that story in my short story collection
Dystopia (Almost) Everywhere (buy
it here!) got converted to script format. Children’s scripts
are not left out. Santa’s Reindeers’ Summer Vacation
is a Disneyesque short which came to me while thinking: How do the
reindeer survive in the North Pole where hay does not grow? This short
script breaks my mold a bit because it is not really meant to trigger
any thoughts about the implications of current trends and technology. So far, none of the scripts have been produced though two have gotten some recognition. One got to the quarter finals of a script writing contest and one received an Honorable Mention. If you like one of my novels and think it would be as strong or stronger visually, let me know. I can transform it into script form if you want the production rights. |
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Curious Incident at the Pearly Gates
( short Rom-com, 60 pages)
Two strangers have to go through Heaven and Hell in order to get back among the living after the Great Computer in the Sky mistakenly tags them as dead. Among Us an adaptation of my teen novel (TeenNick type audience, 106 pages) When two young teens discover that we are not who we think we are, they join the Free Humans to fight courageously against the various gamer teams which have competing strategies to control us individually, our society, even our whole world. Among Us TV Series Teen TV/Streaming version of Among Us the book: 1) It’s a metaphor for going up against arbitrary authority which we all experience on a personal or societal level. 2) Since we are in a simulation (something the Free Humans are trying to tell us!) time does not exist, only levels of the game so the characters can move between levels - - between what we call historical times - - and/or among geographical locations. Their challenges can be in any city or country in the world. Conversation at the Pearly Gates (80 pages) ALSO IN STAGE PLAY FORMAT When the Pearly Gates and the Almighty Fates try to enter the digital age, there are unintended consequences. Five people of different faiths are accidentally tagged as dead and in a humorous way, they discuss their POVs while they wait in the Lobby of the Pearly Gates and the Hear Our Prayer Call Center to prove they really are still living! PersID (short sci-fi comedy - 25 pages) When Joel inserts a device in his brain with which he can manipulate his personality in order to increase his odds of hooking up, it doesn’t always go well - - in a light hearted way. The Quirkies (Kids, animated 75 pages) A mad scientist is turning kids into animals with this DNA raygun. They become part of his criminal gang against their will. Two homeless kids are befriended by an escapee, a boy turned into a dog. Since the police don’t believe their story they have to bring down the mad scientist and his lab by themselves. Unacknowledged Cause of Failure of the Mars Colony (very short: 10 pages!) Dome people: Mars’ outpost on earth after earth’s eco-disaster. Subterraneans: earth’s refugees who cannot afford to escape to Mars or to be selected to live in a Dome so they live in old New York City’s subway system. When the Dome people try to round up more humans for the Mars colony’s not so humane needs, their prey, the Subterraneans, fight back! All in ten script pages! Santa’s Reindeers’ Summer Vacation (30 pages – but can be longer!) With no grazing pastures in the North Pole, Santa’s reindeer come down to graze in their off-season. Unfortunately, urban sprawl has crowded them and they are discovered by two kids. The kids go to great lengths to keep the secret of the reindeer presence! Kingdom of Cape Cod (Female lead, short 52 pages) Permanent residents stayed in place. Refugees from the city occupy a nearby mall. Resources are scarce. Kate becomes a warrior in the inevitable clash between the competing groups. Navigators Wife (Historical Fiction 88 pages, adaptation with permission of book by the same name) After a ship is wrecked in the Pacific Northwest, the navigator’s wife and crew are enslaved by the Makah tribe. Anna, favored by the chief adjusts - - almost. |
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