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!Eternal Blessings
Haunted by the ghosts of a notorious religious sect, a dying woman travels back in time to see if she can break their curse and prevent them from crashing her afterlife.
DRAGONFLY
Vincent and childhood friend Sue pour years into building the Tomahawk prototype, the key to their dream supercar Dragonfly until a seductive stranger draws him into a deadly undercover sting against crime lord Alphonso DiPasquale, unraveling.
Doc Savage: Dark Empire
In the shadow of World War II, Doc Savage, the legendary Man of Bronze, embarks on a daring mission to dismantle Nazi superweapons, rescue the woman he loves, and confront a dark legacy tied to his own past — all while battling the forces of tyranny and fighting for the future of humanity.
IT'S A POPCORN WORLD
When an overzealous government man tries to steal an inventor’s home using eminent domain, the inventor decides to provide alternative land by expanding the world like a kernel of popcorn, if his dance-clubbing hunchback lawyer can keep the inventor out of jail to accomplish his task.
ALTA CALIFORNIA
In 1780s California, a mixed-blood scout, torn between his native heritage and Spanish conquerors, is thrust into a battle of survival and identity as he navigates oppressive mission life and brutal colonizers.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
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 bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
