Thank you, Portland Screenplay Awards!
EDDY JEAN is a quarter-finalist!
And so is RETURN TO XATALA!
More news soon!
~ debi
Category: Death and Grief
Outstanding Screenplays and BLIND PURSUIT
Yay!
~ debi
Emerging Screenwriters and THOSE BENEATH
Brokered Heart
Blind Pursuit on Coverfly
~ debi
Teton Reckoning Receives Love From ScreenCraft Drama
And now I can add Screencraft Drama Competition 2021 to the credits.
Logline:
In 1890, a spirited Irish lass makes her way from Texas to the Idaho territory only to find herself in the middle of a bloody dispute between her new husband and the man he wronged.
Feedback from ScreenCraft reader:
OMG this is a fantastic script! In fact, upon reading the final line I said out loud, “Oh my god.” This was an awesome read; pure entertainment – an escape – from start to finish. I would describe this as a super-cinematic, colorful and romantic western fairy-tale. The writing demonstrates a mastering of the art of screenwriting, a clear understanding of the world… and a gift for gun-slinging action sequences. One of the many strengths of the script is your ability to relay backstory and exposition organically and in a non-obvious manner.
Semi-finals will be announced tomorrow. I’m hopeful.
~ debi
p.s. Teton Reckoning made it to semi-finals!
BLIND PURSUIT debuts on THE RED LIST
I crafted the latest draft of BLIND PURSUIT with the help of the amazing Janet Jeffries of Lawrence Bender.
I love how my script reads now. I expect even better things to come!
Thank you, Janet!
~ debi
Another Sundance Certificate
I entered this eight week class with a sketchy vision of my zany, crime-drama, darkly comedic one-hour TV pilot Texoma Shrooms and came out with a full outline!
Sundance continues to help me.
Thank you Vanessa Matsui for your incredible notes and Angela LaManna for fun and thorough teaching.
~ debi
OUT OF THE WALLS and AUSTIN REVOLUTION FILM FESTIVAL
I am crazzzy excited that OUT OF THE WALLS is an Official Selection at ARFF!
Because of Covid, the festival is being delayed until March 25-27, 2021.
I will be there! No way I’ll miss a live screening in Austin.
And no way I’ll miss ARFF – such a fun festival.
~ debi
Please join me in shouting out to ARFF:
Twenty Years Ago
Sometimes it seems like a different lifetime and sometimes it seems like he was here yesterday.
Nevertheless, twenty years ago today, Gary Yazbeck was taken from Russell, Rachel and me.
I’ll never stop missing him. That’s not an option.
~ debi