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🎬 Exciting Screenwriting News! I’m thrilled to share that my feature screenplay, THE DEBT OF THE SLIPPER, has received a nomination at the Roscommon International Film Festival in Ireland! 🇮🇪 As an independent screenwriter, it’s incredibly rewarding to see a story I’ve poured so much...

Thank you for your thoughtful questions! I completely understand what you’re saying about the challenges of telling a story across thirty years. That was something I took into consideration while developing the screenplay. The central conflict and overall structure have been carefully developed...

Thank you! We won’t know the final placement until Saturday, so right now I’m just excited to have made it this far. This is actually the first screenplay I’ve ever written and the first festival I’ve ever submitted to, so I’m still figuring out what the next steps should look like. The...

Before I send any of my material, I need to know who I’m speaking with. Please provide your full name, your company or professional affiliation, and your role in the industry. I don’t send my work to unidentified accounts. Thanks for understanding.

Thanks, I appreciate that. Before I send the screenplay over, could you tell me a little about yourself and what you do in the industry? I just like to know who I’m sending my material to.

I completely agree, and I’ve actually spent a lot of time developing exactly what makes THE CRUISE different beyond just the cruise ship setting. There is a specific element that sets it apart from other outbreak and contained-survival films, and I’ve made that a key part of how I pitch the...

Thanks, I appreciate that. The Cruise is a contained outbreak horror/thriller set almost entirely aboard a cruise ship. I’ve been working on tightening the screenplay and getting it in front of the right people, so I’d definitely be interested in hearing your thoughts on where you think the...

Thank you so much. I can't wait to find out what it placed.

I’m excited to share that my feature screenplay, The Debt of the Slipper, has been named an Official Selection and Nominee at the Roscommon International Film Festival in Ireland. I’ve spent countless hours developing and rewriting this story, so seeing it receive recognition at an...

Thanks! The Cruise is a completed feature screenplay and I’ve been tightening the latest draft recently. It’s currently out with a few industry people, and I’m starting to connect with producers and development people who might be a good fit for it. The story is a contained outbreak...

Thanks for connecting! I’d love to learn a little more about what you do in the industry and the kinds of projects you’re involved with. Are you primarily focused on producing, development, representation, or another area? I’m always interested in getting to know other people in the film...

That’s actually exactly how I’ve written Eleanora’s arc. Each darker choice makes sense to her in the moment, but there are points where she could have chosen differently. Thomas, especially, gives us a glimpse of the woman she might have remained, and after losing him, we slowly watch that part...

Thanks, Mark. That’s actually one of the things I wanted to explore with the story. I don’t want the audience to excuse Eleanora or necessarily sympathize with the woman she ultimately becomes. I want them to understand how she got there, and then watch her make increasingly darker choices until...

My goal is more for the audience to understand how Eleanora became the woman we know, without necessarily forgiving her. I want them to sympathize with who she was and recognize that she once genuinely loved and had hope. But as grief, resentment, and bitterness reshape her, she still makes...

I’m developing The Debt of the Slipper, a dark gothic reimagining of Cinderella that asks a different question: What made the stepmother become the woman we know? The story follows Eleanora across roughly thirty years, beginning long before Cinderella enters her life, and explores the love...