Author: matthewtoffolo

1. What is your short story about? A woman looking back at her grandmother’s hoarding with a different perspective after she endures her own version of scarcity. 2. What genres would you say this story is in? This is creative nonfiction. 3. How would you describe this story in two words? Appreciating Everything 4. What… Continue reading Interview with Writer Jen Knox (FAT SQUIRRELS)

1. What is your short story about? It is about two people who are not what they seem. 2. What genres would you say this story is in? Fantasy and Science Fiction 3. How would you describe this story in two words? wrong assumptions 4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?… Continue reading Interview with Writer John L. Steckley (Helping An Old Lady Across The Street)

What is your short story about? It’s about racial perception, perspective, and reality. What genres would you say this story is in? This story can be placed in eight genres: nonfiction, fiction, drama, biography, narrative, mainstream, tweens, and children. How would you describe this story in two words? Self-Love What movie have you seen the… Continue reading Interview with Writer Vivian Dixon Sober (THE DECEPTIVE MIRROR)

1. What is your screenplay about? My screenplay is about a strange man who adopts a big dog. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Horror 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? I think it would be a good short horror film for festivals. I think it has shock value.… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Onyx Shelton (MAN’S BEST FRIEND)

1. What is your screenplay about? GRID is the story of an altruistic engineer turned fugitive who seeks revenge after being framed for the destruction of the global power grid he helped create. At its core it deals with the issues of mankind’s increasingly intertwining relationship with technology, coupled with the pangs of betrayal. 2.… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Joshua Tywater (GRID)

1. What is your screenplay about? My screenplays about 2 people living separate lives who have an affair where they meet in the same hotel room, room 2A. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? romance 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? It should be made because I was trying… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Drew Jacob (2A)

1. What is your screenplay about? On the surface, it’s about a severely agoraphobic man who is experiencing horrifying events as his brother seemingly works to get him out of the house he hasn’t left in 15 years. On a deeper level, I see it as an examination of trauma. How has this particular trauma… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Tim McClelland (15)

1. What is your screenplay about? “Strays” is about a lonely surveillance officer at a grocery store helps a street kid get a job, but their budding friendship soon turns into a brewing obsession. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? It’s a dark drama with a touch of thriller/suspense. 3. Why should this… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Robert Wooldridge (STRAYS)

1. What is your screenplay about? It’s the pilot for a limited eight episode series about the discovery that a secret alien invasion is happening and life on Earth is systematically being altered or eliminated to make way for invaders to move in. They are engaging in biological warfare against the entire ecosystem. 2. What… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Pat Brown (SPORES)

1. What is your screenplay about? S​et in a small town nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, recovering heroin addict Mason Summers has just moved back in with his parents after a stay in rehab. The day after he arrives, he comes home to his darkest secret sitting on his couch- 18… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Eva Bennett (THE MOUNTAINS ARE CALLING)