I’ll catch my breath soon.
My western TETON RECKONING! Some day I’ll get to see Madeleine fly across the screen on her palomino Annaduff doing what she does best — defying abusive authorities!
Thank you, Acclaim Scripts! (Click here to see which production companies and agencies will be considering my script!)
And a great honor to receive Best Feature Screenplay at the 2016 California Women’s Film Festival.
None of this would have happened without Max Adams and the Academy of Film Writing. Max rocks as a teacher and a mentor!
– debi
The year is 1890…
Determined to head West, a Fort Worth orphan connives to wed an Idaho land baron. Her scheming leaves her fighting for her life against her avenging husband, bribed Pinkertons and a tenacious band of kidnappers — all while battling to survive the treacherous Tetons.
Feral is a short drama about a persistent canine and the unforeseen and deadly consequences that follow him into the lives and pregnancy plans of a young couple.
This is a fun and unexpected award (actually every award is) since this version of the script was only the second draft.
Now I need to complete the post-Stowe Story Lab draft and find out if some magic happens like the magic that happened to Teton Reckoning!
Festival Location
Acme Comedy Theater
5126 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood CA 91601
I plan on being there!
Thank you, Max Adams and the Academy of Film Writing
Thank you, Stowe Story Labs Spring Retreat
It’s not the Grand Prize Winner but it’s the closest thing to.
Lilyhammer “Bring Jerry Home” is a crime-drama/dark-comedy spec teleplay about a high ranking Mafioso who testifies against his Mafia Boss and enters the US witness protection program requesting a new life in Lillehammer, Norway where he resumes his Mafia ways under a new identity (a fish out of water) with great success until the avenging Boss discovers his whereabouts.
Even better than the certificate — they praised my work, “We could not be prouder to have your work be an example of the screenplays that our competition is able to discover. … You truly have a gift.”
Wow, just wow.
These guys are great! — SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL 2015 Movie & TV Winners. (I’m in the “Television – One Hour Spec” section.)
Lilyhammer is Netflix’s very first production and one of my all-time favorite shows. (If you like The Sopranos and/or Fargo — TV or movie, you should check it out.)
According to Rolling Stone Netflix and Lilyhammer changed the world of TV.
I wholeheartedly agree.
– debi
Everyone knows what a logline is, right?
“A script or screenplay Logline states the story in one active sentence, focusing on the concept, main story engine, unique Protagonist and main conflict. Ideally in 25 words or less…”
I informed my family that a production company was interested in my logline for my Lilyhammer TV spec.
But maybe not everyone knows what a logline is — including the Yaz family — (FYI – Oli is a giant golden lab and Suri is bull dog):
I know some of these revelations will be after the fact. But it MUST be done.
This was my first outright screenwriting win — not quarter-finalist, not semi-finalist, not finalist. Yep a WIN for debi!
Click here for the live reading of the first ten pages of Teton Reckoning and to see my interview with WILDsound.
(It’s also on the AWARDS page of my website if you want to see the complete list of recognitions.
– debi
I haven’t posted in a while, but I have been writing. Continue reading
