Once Young
Two parent-less 18-year-olds fall in love and, alone and together, struggle with what love and maturity may look like amid an adult world that is often confusing and sometimes dangerous. A panoramic tale of life as seen through the eyes of innocence.
Actor aged c.18
Actor aged c.38
Romeo and Juliet (play)
American Beauty (1999)
LATEST NEWS. Today (9 January 2025), I have completed a revision of Once Young, a 180-page long saga telling the story of lost youth.
MY STORY AS A SCREENWRITER
I became a hobbyist screenwriter in 2007 when I purchased version 7 of Final Draft. I’ve since completed 12 screenplays and one TV/streaming pilot.
My current goal is to take the opportunity during the holiday season to revise all my scripts.
My 13 scripts (in alphabetical order) are:
Counterchance (“Sometimes bad things happen”) REVISED 31 DECEMBER 2024;
Glorious Revolution (“Unintended consequences writ-large”);
Howlingween (“A road trip to hell”) REVISED 24 DECEMBER 2024;
Howlingween 2: Clarry the Clown (“Island paradise of horror”) REVISED 25 DECEMBER 2024;
Howlingween 3: Red River County (“Unforgiving beggar”) REVISED 27 DECEMBER 2024;
Howlingween 4: Beastly Mist (“sprays won’t work on these insects”) REWRITTEN 28 DECEMBER 2024;
Howlingween 5: Trip Along (“A child’s dream is another’s real-life nightmare”) REVISED 28 DECEMBER 2024;
Kuga’s Way (pilot) (“An intelligent canine becomes involved in human affairs”);
On Board (“A traditional who-done-it mystery”) THOROUGHLY REVISED 7 JANUARY 2025;
Once Young (“Love-struck teenagers”) REVISED 9 JANUARY 2025;
Splendid Isolation (“Pioneering life in remote Alaska”) REVISED 2 JANUARY 2025;
Twelve Less (“Teenagers in life-threatening trouble”) REVISED 30 DECEMBER 2024;
We Were Young Once (“Weren’t we all?”) REVISED 4 JANUARY 2025.
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Arch Angel
Arch Angel is about Michael, the general of Heaven's Angel Army.
The life once lived
The life not lived is about a scientist named Doctor Conners who created a memory device called Ganesha that can allow people to remember who they were in a past life.
Out of time
Out of time is about a struggling musician who runs into a disgraced talent agent from Hollywood.
Only Human
Only human is about a homeless man that doesn't know he's really a Dog.
Sword of Might
Sword of might is about a cursed Sword that gives special abilities to whoever wields it.
Quick Shot
Quick Shot is about an ex-marine with the special ability to slow down time and shoot at impossible targets.
PITTSBURGH PHIL
Biopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a.
FORBIDDEN PROVISIONS
A journalist goes undercover as an illegal migrant to get a story on how well the government is treating captured immigrants, only to uncover something grizzlier than he expected.
Splashdown
A mysterious space capsule adrift in the Pacific Ocean pulls a disillusioned Air Force pilot into battle against a shadowy paramilitary force hell bent on utilizing the astronauts' otherworldly cargo to enslave humanity.
Consumed
Trapped in a basement after an apocalyptic earthquake, a grieving wife fights off a horde of parasitic monsters, unaware that her God-fearing husband has already decided her fate.
