Category: writing a screenplay

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Robert J. Sawyer (TRIGGERS)

 1. What is your screenplay about? After an experiment to cure PTSD goes awry, one of fifteen people is now able to read the President’s memories — and the race is on to find out which one it is before national security is blown all to hell. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Robert J. Sawyer (TRIGGERS)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Elisa Herrman (THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF THE BENTLEY GIRLS)

 1. What is your screenplay about? “The Great Adventure of the Bentley Girls” is set in England in the early 1800s, and tells the story of the Bentleys, a family composed of Aunt Lucy, the matriarch, and her three orphan nieces, Eliza, Julia, and Mary. Aunt Lucy’s goal in life is to arrange good marriages… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Elisa Herrman (THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF THE BENTLEY GIRLS)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Bonnie Brookby (THE THINGS WE MISS)

 1. What is your screenplay about? THE THINGS WE MISS is about two estranged childhood friends who are forced to confront their turbulent history as they unearth and reconstruct the decades-long romance their mothers shared. The story explores themes of forbidden love, motherhood and the loss of identity, the fluidity of female friendships, the inner… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Bonnie Brookby (THE THINGS WE MISS)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Chris Skeeter (PAYCHECK 2 PAYCHECK)

Get to know the writer:  1. What is your TV PILOT screenplay about? It is about a group of friends living in Denver, all whom have different career paths, but struggle together to make it in the real world. In the pilot, two of the characters get robbed and seek to retrieve their lost items,… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Chris Skeeter (PAYCHECK 2 PAYCHECK)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Joanna Perry-Folino (MY MOTHER MURDERED MY FATHER)

 1. What is your screenplay about? Decades after seeing her mother murder her father, a woman battles with her own self-destructive tendencies and obsessions when her mother is released on parole. (This Is Us meets Bloodline) 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Mystery/Suspense/Family Generational Drama 3. Why should this screenplay be made into… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Joanna Perry-Folino (MY MOTHER MURDERED MY FATHER)

Interview with Screenwriter Bo Liebman ((A) UTOMATED (I)IRRITATION)

 (A) UTOMATED (I)IRRITATION played to great reviews at the May 2018 Comedy Feedbaack Film Festival in Los Angeles.  1. What motivated you to make this film? A friend had asked me to contribute a short for an anthology series he wanted to do about artificial intelligence. Knowing that most people take a dark, dramatic approach… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Bo Liebman ((A) UTOMATED (I)IRRITATION)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Nicole Stuart (THE EGG AND I)

1. What is your screenplay about? This is a journey that takes you inside Natalie Monroe’s life. She’s a neurotic 40-year-old, who hopes she hasn’t missed her window of time to have a baby, but her odds don’t look good. She put her personal life aside to follow her dreams but she can’t catch a… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Nicole Stuart (THE EGG AND I)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Bridget Bell (Rearranging Roxy)

1. What is your screenplay about? In a last ditch effort to keep her rock star dreams alive, a self-sabotaging rocker returns home to make a deal with the devil, her estranged father. During the painful reconciliation process, she uncovers the missing creative spark she needs to personally and professionally succeed. 2. What genres does… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Bridget Bell (Rearranging Roxy)

Interview with Winning Screenwriter Bristol MacDonald (RETURN TO FREEDOM)

 1. What is your screenplay about? It’s the story of a timid young woman who escapes a violently abusive relationship and with nowhere else to go, returns to her family’s remote horse ranch where she must face her volatile brother and the reason she ran away from home years ago. Prepared to flee once again,… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriter Bristol MacDonald (RETURN TO FREEDOM)

Interview with Winning Screenwriters Alexandra Dyranis-Maounis & Athanasia Michopoulou (HYPNOS)

Get to know the writers: 1. What is your screenplay about? In the world of 2056, in which dreaming is outlawed by an authoritarian state and sleep strictly controlled by the machine “Phobetor”, a scientist enlists the help of an ancient Greek goddess to destroy it. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Sc-Fi,… Continue reading Interview with Winning Screenwriters Alexandra Dyranis-Maounis & Athanasia Michopoulou (HYPNOS)