![[Final Draft Big Break Contest]](/images/ads/finalDraftBigBreak2026a.png)
FAMILY CIRCLE
Marita creates a new family of love and acceptance when she takes in her son's LGBTQ friends - especially the ones who have been cruelly rejected by their own families just because of who they are.
Meet Rachel, a young Orthodox Jewish woman whose parents were forcing her to marry a nice Orhodox boy. When she finally came out to her family on the occasion of another failed matchmaking session, her parents literally threw her and her belongings out onto the sidewalk. She never even got to say goodbye to her grandmother, brother and sister and is effectively dead to her family.
And then there's Tyree, a young African-American transgender person who lives at Marita's house. Tyree brings some laughter and fun into the house and introduces International Dress Up Night for Aponi, another transgender person of the "two-spirit" Native American identity.
One morning Carlos arrives at work to discover that two young gay teenagers have been beaten up on the subway by some drunk sports fans. This senseless violence leaves Lee on the brink of death in the hospital where Carlos works, and Cody with a broken arm. Carlos intervenes as best as he can when Lee's parents fight in their son's room, playing the blame game.
Aponi, the transgender person and coffee/gift shop owner, is almost arrested at the strip mall for using the Ladies' bathroom. Rachel and Tyree post a demonstration announcement on Facebook. When the crowd appears to be too small, Tyree sends out a "Tweet" and 40 drag queens and their friends show up quickly to lend solidarity to the protest against unfair treatment.
Back at the hospital, Lee's parents await their daughter so that the family can say goodbye to their comatose son together. Carlos' mother, Marita, arrives at the scene. She is Cody's new caseworker since his parents have effectivly disowned him because of his "negative Influence" on their younger children.
A Pretty Early 40s Actress
20s male, mixed-race
hedwig and the Angry Itch
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!A HAPPY LIFE
A gentle, hard-workiing man with a gift for communication with pelicans and talking smiley-face balloons reaches a breaking point when a houseful of freeloaders consumes his life—and his lifelong dream of opening a one-of-a-kind bed and breakfast—forcing him to attempt the only escape he can imagine: faking his own death.
THE DARK ONE
When a bullied girl’s shadow begins protecting her in terrifying ways, she discovers a hidden world where wounded souls create powerful dark guardians—and hers may be the most dangerous of all.
ADDICTIVE
In a sleek, cyberpunk future where nearly everyone is frozen at age 25, a brilliant scientist is thrust into a brutal survival game among immortal Outliers—each haunted by their darkest vice.
THE MIDNIGHT DRIVER
A vicious drunk dies and is bound to harvest the dead he once broke—but when his family is marked for death, he’s given one impossible chance to return to his body, reach them in time, and prove he is not the man they remember.
ONCE THERE WERE STORIES
In this family drama, Christmases of long ago, ones of togetherness, family entertainments, and memorable stories, as told by Grandpa Lynn, now living in his daughter, Rhiannon Nolan's, spare room, now contrast with those of the Nolan family with its packaged television and sports, relatives' distancing, and multitude of electronic distractions.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Virgin, Warrior, Priest, Hero
After a devout teen is manipulated into believing she’s experienced a divine encounter, her shattered faith spirals into decades of delusion, ending in a violent act of “grace.
Rebecca Saves the Human Web
A teenage girl from a violent future inhabits her dead grandmother’s younger body and discovers that acts of violence are connected through an invisible emotional web — forcing them to stop tragedies before they ignite global collapse.
Henry, Henry
After committing a hidden act of violence against a corrupt priest, a man fractures into two identities—one driven by guilt and confession, the other by denial and survival—as both struggle to claim moral authorship of a single life.
![[Austin]](/images/ads/austinBanner2026Mid.png)