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!Hapless Fu
A happy-go-lucky Asian cop in LA loses his confidence, self-respect, job and girl after an embarrassing incident ruins him.
Fidelity Clause
A former model-turned-entrepreneur once had the world at her fingertips, now she has to grasp a world of torment; her cheating psychiatrist husband blurs the line between Psychotherapist and Psycho, when he resorts to mind games and unscrupulous schemes, intent on framing her of adultery and escaping his vows free & clear.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other despicable souls) after their third offense.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
Xanadu Shores III Rescuing Atlas
The Xanadu Team, their credibility restored after rescuing Natalia and the painting, are recruited to recover the plans to save the world from a rogue aerospace engineer.
Xanadu Shores (20pgs) - "The Pilot" - 9.16.25
Logline: Four friends unknowingly become entrapped after their employer's gold heist escalates to kidnapping.
Xanadu Shores: 10 Minute PoC for The TV Pilot
Four friends unknowingly become entrapped after their employer's gold heist escalates to kidnapping.
Alien Olympics
A brilliant alien teenager, gifted with a high IQ and extraordinary speed, has always excelled academically on her home planet.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their baffling neighbor over morning coffee.
