Here is my NYC Midnight Round 1 Entry in the 2013 Short Screenplay Competition, in which writers are given 48 hours to come up with a screenplay of no more than five pages within the assigned genre and incorporating the assigned prompts. Mine were Suspense / A Birthday Party / A Checkbook. Peace Be With You … [Read more…]
Today, like every first Tuesday of the month, the emergency sirens went off at 10 a.m. sharp. And, as is always the case, everyone jumped slightly at first, then proceeded to ignore them entirely. I think this means we’re all safe, because if the bad guys haven’t figured out by now to attack at 10 … [Read more…]
What follows is my Round 1 entry for the NYC Midnight 2014 Screenwriting Challenge. The prompts were Ghost Story / Plastic Surgery / A Receptionist. Revelations of a Plastic Surgeon Dr. Petrus calls his plastic surgery a “Portal to a New Life” for his patients. But where does that portal really lead? EXT. – SPRAWLING … [Read more…]
For the NYC Midnight 2013 Flash Fiction Contest, all writers were placed into heats of 25 writers, and given a set of prompts and 48 hours to create a story from those prompts of no more than 1,000 words. Each writer participates in the first two rounds, after which the writers with the top five combined … [Read more…]
For the NYC Midnight 2013 Flash Fiction Contest, all writers were placed into heats of 25 writers, and given a set of prompts and 48 hours to create a story from those prompts of no more than 1,000 words. Each writer participates in the first two rounds, after which the writers with the top five combined … [Read more…]
Here is my Spring 2016 entry for 24-Hour Short Story Contest. In this quarterly contest, the writers are given their prompt at noon on Saturday and have until noon on Sunday to turn in their entry of no more than 950 words. The story must reflect some element of the prompt, and judges look for innovation … [Read more…]
