Introduce Yourself To the Group

[Patrick McCormick]

Hi Everyone; Patrick McCormick Here;

I’ve written one complete and several ‘in progress’ scripts. I’m ready to take my writing to the level for professional success. As far as unique; Currently doing an interdimensional broadcast in 2022 introducing people to the New Earth as foretold in prophecy, including the energy work to get there.

[Laura Bollinger]

Aloha, I’m Laura.

Have written 1 script.

Hope to learn the tools needed to get my script marketable and gain confidence in showing it.

I lived in Kona for 37 years and was a Casting Director there.

Happy writing, be well and a hui hou!

[Don Tsuchiyama]

Hello everyone!

My name is Don and I am currently “retired” and live in Medford, OR. Moved here from Los Angeles in 2015 at the age of 65 (yes, I’m THAT old). I’ve written a couple of screenplays, two optioned but neither produced.

I have a short screenplay that did well in a contest and have been working on turning it into a full-length feature called “End of the Road.” I will confess here that I have taken several classes from Hal but have yet to actually complete one! Let’s hope I can break that streak here!

And I am a dog person who loves to sing.

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[Mary Spiers]

Hi, I’m Mary.

I’ve completed 2 scripts and have another in progress. I’m also just completing a middle grades novel.

I hope to elevate a script I’ve completed to make it fully marketable and to learn this rewrite process to to increase the quality of my writing and revising going forward.

My background is as a neuropsychologist. I also love the creative side of life and the playfulness that screenwriting brings.

[Angie Sills]

Greetings!

I really need female points of view on my script but I would never ask anyone to do anything that makes them uncomfortable and will totally understand if you want to pass on partnering up.

FULL DISCLOSURE

My script deals with rape.

I have done a great deal of research on the subject, have been totally shocked at how this is encouraged and tolerated in our culture, what the statistics are, and have been moved to create this narrative in hopes of affecting change or at least starting conversations.

The rape scene in this script is three pages long and is written the same as it was when I paid for a high level review. The analyst did not mention anything about it being particularly graphic but the subject is rape and I would say that even the most “gentle” rape is one of violence.

Much obliged for your consideration,

angie

[Joan Edwards]

Dear Angie,

I would like to be your partner and give you my opinions on your script, if you like. I would also love it if you would give me feedback on my script, “The Perfect Couple.”

…Joan Edwards

[Howard Lewis]

Hello All,

I’m Howard. I have completed three books multiple times. I’m hoping to make them more enjoyable and captivating through this class. I’m retired but teach Tai Chi to keep myself off the streets. Looking forward to the class.

[Caroline Fritz]

Hi-

My name is Caroline and I have written nine scripts.

I want to establish a rewrite process that I can use over and over from this point forward.

I have moved back and forth across the country more times than I can count.

[Janeen Johnson]

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</div><div>My name is Janeen Johnson. I’ve written six screenplays. None have been produced or optioned yet. I’m currently in three other screenwritingU classes. What I hope to get out of this class is to get the 30 day script I just finished ready to market. I love kayaking, writing, and I’m taking a yacht cruise this summer where I’ll be part of a crew of 14 going from Victoria, British Columbia to Ketchikan, Alaska. I’ve never sailed before, but I’m not afraid to try.</div>

[Pamela Rice]

Hi, my name is Pamela Rice.

I introduced myself earlier, but I think it may have gotten lost within the Professional Rewrite 72 group postings. I’m guessing we are PR74?

This is my first solo attempt at a screenplay.

I’ve collaborated on several Rom-Coms with my hubby, and I’m currently working on a Comedy/Thriller concept that was conceived in Hal’s Comedy class 2 years ago.

I’m hoping to improve the overall quality of my script as I go through the class, and make sure each scene is as entertaining as possible.

In addition to being a newbie screenwriter, I am a co-owner of a doggie daycare.

[Neil Werenskjold]

Hi, I’m Neil Werenskjold looking from my home office at the brilliant Ben Lomond mountain that inspired the Paramount mountain peak logo back in the 1920s.

I’ve written and rewritten my first screenplay about four times. I am ready to make a few more changes because of recent classes. I have a second screenplay, an action thriller, that is in the process of going through the same rewrites as I learn ways to add layers and punch up the dialogue.

A producer’s focus is really sinking in. They definitely have their own speak, just like every profession. Screenwriters must learn their vocabulary and use their words’ in action descriptions. Having been an extra in about five movies and a featured extra in two films, High School Musical2, I was Chef Michael, and in Unaccompanied Minor’s, I was a yelling guy that made one of the two trailers for the movie.

So far, both my screenplays have military roots from my background of 37 years with the Air Force as enlisted and a civilian retirement as a white-collar program manager. That experience tracks very close to budget management of movie projects. If I “hit the ball out of the park” with these two screenplays, I will be in a great position to pitch an idea to the Air Force Secretary of the Air Force’s Public Affair’s Entertainment Office about a series idea. If I get their support, a series would be easier to produce and find story ideas. That is what I want out of this class.

[Katharine Panzella]

I’m Katharine (Kathy) Panzella. I’ve taken Hal’s PS 19 class, the Action class, and the Thriller class. I’ve written 2 dozen short scripts and close to a dozen long scripts. In this class, I will work on my thriller, PASSPORT TO PERIL, set in Georgia. I need to elevate the male lead.

Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I’ve invented a shower caddy that holds a cell phone and I have a utility patent on it.

[Kim Michael]

K. Michael “MIKE” McCarthy is a retired professional senior television pre & postproduction skilled position technician / artist, specializing in live news & sports, working as an A-1 audio engineer & sound mixer, ENG photojournalist, on-line video editor, as well as an Avid TV segment editor, for top tier production outfits such as News 12 CT., Yankee Entertainment & Sports (YES NETWORK), ESPN, Martha Stewart Living Television and Home Shopping Network.

He has earned a media arts degree from Mattatuck Community College, Waterbury, CT., where he was awarded the ‘President’s Award’, the highest honor for a graduating student for his outstanding achievement in scholastics, theater & film arts.

Mr. McCarthy earned a master’s class certification from Future Media Concerts / AVID Editing, NYC. He has studied undergrad courses in Film and Video from University of Bridgeport, news journalism from NYU and has earned a Video Production Certification from Fairfield University, CT.

He is a lifetime member in Alpha Psi Omega, the National Theater Honor Society, and is a selected member in Who’s Who Among Students in American Jr. Colleges, for his academic and Theater Arts achievements.

MIKE is recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as a five-time National Daytime Emmy nominee and 4-time award winner, as a staff contributor for Best Show, for the CBS syndicated Martha Stewart Living Television series from 1999-2004.

Currently retired from the television industry, Mr. McCarthy lives near a southeastern Florida island, where he enjoys all outdoor activities, dinning, live theater & the Caribbean style Atlantic Ocean with a hint of the Jimmy Buffet lifestyle.

Now, about Hal & this course:

I took the 30-day screenwriting course last fall. I worked through half of the course in which I made good progress & it did create juice for me to FINISH my 1st draft in time for the final deadline for the contest, 9/30/21, of my entry of my 1st screenwriting contest.

My work concept & a very rough handwritten “all over the place”, final class project, & my 2nd screenwriting class at university, which I started in back 1997, now saw my 1st draft professionally formatted/typed, due to Ha’s 30-day screenwriting class, which allowed me to enter my 1st draft of my animation screenplay in the contest.

I did not place or win out of thousands of scripts. OK… fine for my 1st attempted contest using only a 1st draft, which we all know, is not the ideal way to have a chance to place or win. But that’s OK, that experience led me to here… this re-write class.

I paid the contest organizers extra for an EMMY winning screenwriter in my genre (feature animation for kids of all ages… think Lion King, Finding Nemo) to consult & provide notes which I received @ years end of 2021.

I know this rewrite class will move me forward to finish my 2nd draft using the lay out & the pro screenwriter’s consultation/notes.

Then on to the 3rd draft & continue clarify & improving all the aspects that go into a marketable creation/screenplay. 🙂

Best wishes everyone, for sucess with your dreams.

K. Michael “MIKE” McCarthy

[Neil Werenskjold]

Hey Kim,

I grew up in Westchester County. Born in Mount Vernon and raised in Pleasantville. Then off to Tampa like every good New Yorker until I joined the AF after getting thrown out of high school. A long story that begins with Yankee. I’ve made up for that miss-step with education and experience in mechanical, electronic, aerospace engineering, communications degrees. Also, music and acting training in New York while playing bass guitar and singing in many different groups my whole life.

Looks like you had a good run downtown in the rotten Apple. Got that from my IBM stepfather. LOL. I am a published journalist and photojournalist after 15 years of Public Affairs in the AF reserves. Journalists requested me because I’d find a way to get their shots rather than telling them “no” like my aerospace engineering inexperienced PA colleagues.

I am an opportunist, so I have many fun and educational experiences doing some cool stuff. That trait usually works out well for me but backfires too. Like when I go to Disneyland or World with my family, I’m more interested in “How’d they do that” than going on rides. I don’t know why but I think you would get that.

I’m living in Utah now, and we may be moving to Texas to be with my Grands and great-Grands this spring unless one of my screenplays takes off.

I think we have some things in common. What do you think? Neil Werenskjold

[Kim Michael]

Hi Neil,

Thank you for your invitation.

Frankly, I’m looking to align myself with an already published and established screenwriter, who has legs in the book or movie industry, as a study partner of my feature animation screenplay.

I wish you the best in all that you do.

Sincerely,

Mike McCarthy.

[Joan Edwards]

1. My name is Joan Edwards.

2. I have written 1 drama, 1 rom com, and have an outline for an action screenplay from the Action course, I recently completed..

3. I hope to learn skills to rewrite in a smart, fun way so that I can get my screenplays produced and on the big screen in theatres and in homes.

4. Something unusual about me is that I worked in the Pentagon as a typist/steno to earn money for college and I played Julius Caesar in my all girl’s high school.

Glad to meet you!

Joan

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[Jeff Reynolds]

Hi everyone my name is Jeff Reynolds. I have written one screenplay and have rewritten it 20 times or that’s what I thought I was doing. Wordsmith is what I leaned in my profound screenplay class was what I have been practicing. I’m about to retire from my job at ATT that I have been at for 40 years. I have several stories that have been rolling around in my head and one in particular for 40 years. I’m praying this rewrite class will give me the tools to finish and hopefully sell my script. Strange or weird ? I once purchased a hairpiece to cover my very reseeding hairline in the hopes I would quit thinking about my hair. We’ll after purchasing one and loving it for about 2 days I pitched it in the trash after a week. All I thought about was my hair and it was driving me mad.

[Aurora AURORA Harris HARRIS]

Hey Jeff Reynolds- your story about the toupee is hilarious! I’ve finally (almost) caught up with the assignments as I was otherwise engaged in the first ten days . I checked out your story and would like to follow it. Interested in commenting on my modern re-telling of Job? Please let me know as I haven’t partnered up yet.

Aurora

[william gorski]

Hi everyone, Bill Gorski here.

I have written one film script and two tv pilots. I’ve taken a few different courses from Hal, always a positive experience.

I hope to dust off my creative skills after about a two year absence from writing; to gain fresh insight in revisiting my script; and to build the can-do attitude it takes to persist in this craft.

Something different: I’ve lost 80 lbs. since March, a great boon to my health.

[Mary Emmick]

Hi,

My name is Mary. I have written one finished first draft and a few partial scripts. I would like to get some tips on editing and polishing my screenplays. I am a retired teacher/English major and have self-published a gardening book.

[Rae Rodgers]

Hi everyone! My name is Rae Rodgers and I have written ten or more scripts – truth is I have lost track 🙂 Five of these scripts were written in Screenwritingu classes. I also greatly improved a former script, titled “Outcast” in Screenwriting’s Re-write class two years ago. This is an Australian Aboriginal story.

My most current script is a Rom-Com, “Married at First Sight” that was written recently in Hal’s “Write a Script in 30 Days” class. A follow up re-write is definitely needed before I put this script out to market, and this is the purpose of this class for me. My intension will be to market this script thirty days after I finish this class.

An unusual event: My trip to East Arnhem Land, Australia to attend the “Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures” considered Australia’s leading indigenous led cultural exchange event. There, I camped out mostly with film makers and indigenous people (as well as snakes!) during five days of forums, but mostly watching the Yolongu clans of Arnhem Land do their indigenous dances.

I wish you all great success in this coming class.

Rae

[Patrick McCormick]

Hi Rae, I was wondering how you found dealing with your subject matter for the indigenous story?

I became the writer for the King of Hawaii to the world leaders from 1991 for 20 years as we restored the Hawaii Kingdom lawfully and financially, and lived with them through their long standing genocide from the modern day forces of capitalism…

Which I plan to tell the story, all the way to when we retook the Iolani Palace on Oahu back in 2008 for the Hawaii Kingdom, and into this modern day. The Genre will be a sort of supernatural-oriented docu-drama based on what the hell really happened. It isn’t over yet…

[Tom Adams]

Hi. I’m Tom Adams.

I’ve got about a dozen scripts under my belt ranging from dreck to ok.

I’m hoping to change the ratio.

Something interesting. It took me three tries to learn that the big red button on the right side of the forum screen that says “reply” really does very little. I’m slow, but I’m trainable.

[Neil Werenskjold]

Tom I’ll try here too. Would you like to partner up? I’m a tad slow too. LOL My screenplay is about a deployment to Honduras. I’m AF but my family is Army. I think we have a lot in common. Drop me an email NWencourager@gmail.com Rock on! Neil Werenskjold

[John Guerrero]

Tell us the following:

1. Name? John G. Guerrero

2. How many scripts you’ve written? Three (For this class — Genre: Horror)

3. What you hope to get out of the class? Elevate my scripts during the first draft and knowing what I’m writing is correct in format, structure, etc.

4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I used to sleep walk, but now I have night terrors from time to time.

[Kerriann Brosky]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Kerriann Flanagan Brosky. I am a full-time author of nine books, and I have been writing for 30 years. Eight of my books are non-fiction and I have one novel I’ve written which is called The Medal. It is in the development stages of becoming a movie.

I have created a professional screenplay outline, but I am not a screenplay writer. I will be working with a professional screenplay writer over the next several months, so I am taking this course to get a better idea of what to look for, and to understand the process of screenplay writing better. I want to make sure that when drafts are presented to me I will know what changes or additions should be made, if the screenplay is strong enough, and to be able to identify possible weak sections.

Something unique…. I am also a historian and ghost investigator. Four of my non-fiction books combine local history and ghost stories. I work with a paranormal investigator/medium, and we have investigated well over 100 presumably haunted places on Long Island, NY. What we do is not what you see in the movies. We take a very positive, spiritual approach to what we do. The main purpose is to promote and teach local history, and what better way to promote local history then through a ghost story.

[Kim Michael]

Hello,

My name is MIKE.

I worked for 6 years as a news photojournalist for the Dolan’s of Long Island, owners of News 12 @ their Norwalk, NEWS 12 CT. satellite cable station.

Then I went on to working with Martha Stewart @ our Westport, CT. TV studios as a TV segment editor for all of her TV content, including her 1-hour daily CBS show, her FOOD NETWORK & her 2 HGTV shows, as well as a PET KEEPING show featuring a LI pet keeping expert, Marc Morrone.

I also knew George Lee Lutz of the AMITYVILLE HORRORS book & movie, & I spent time @ his home in El Paso, TX. while on a cross county trip from CT. to LA.

After listening to Hal’s first day audio class yesterday, Hal strongly suggested at the end of his 1-hour audio clip, that we look for a member of our rewrite class to share notes/comments/observations for new/different eyes & views of our work.

Kerriann Bosky would you have interest in sharing our progress as we move through this 10-week course?

Thank-you in advance for your input & thoughts.

Sincerely,

K. Michael ‘MIKE’ McCarthy

PS: My class intro & bio are listed in our ‘forms’ for your review.

[Kerriann Brosky]

Hi Mike,

Nice to meet you! I would have loved to partner with you, but I’m actually not working on a screenplay. I am taking this course for another reason. I had sent the message below to Cheryl and wanted to share it with you so you would understand. Thanks and good luck with the course!

I am taking this course to enable me to review a screenplay that is based off a book I have written. I have contracted a screenplay writer, and I would like to have a better understanding of how screenplays should be written and what to look for. I am an author, not a screenplay writer. I have already found the audio and the information in today’s class very helpful and informative.

With that being said, I am taking this course for other reasons and will not be working on a screenplay myself, so I hope that it is okay that I just follow along with the lessons and not submit anything or partner up.

Looking forward to learning more about the process of writing screenplays.

Kerriann Brosky

[Johnny Cullen]

Hey Everyone, m

My name is Johnny Cullen and I have been working on the same script on and off for quite some time (so perhaps 1 then?) I actually did this course a while back! But hoping to give it another shot as the script has developed over time.

I live in Dublin and I am half-Irish/half-Sri Lankan!

[Alice Eden]

Hello Johnny! I’m Alice, from US. North of Boston, and that is an artists land. Would you like to pair with me, as I also have only one screenplay in my hands? Sci-fi apocalyptic anti utopia. If you like a genre. I posted plot in day first forums, you might decide if you want that.

[Bob Onufer]

Hi. My name is Bob and I am also a recent retiree.

I have written seven screenplays and a dozen or so episodic spec teleplays. Most of these were written a decade or more ago.

I’m looking to this course to provide incentive to focus on a nonlinear rewrite of one of more more recent scripts.

At one point, my wife and I spent four years bi-coastal living between CA and NY, accumulating more than 2 million air miles each.

[Lee Tidball]

Hi all!

My name is Lee Tidball. I’ve written many scripts over the past 20 years, some of which have been optioned and many of which have amassed considerable contest and coverage accolades.

I hope to find out what I find so many times with SU, a high-quality method to accomplish a systematic rewrite of early drafts of my work that I can use over and over again as needed.

Something unique I guess is that I’m currently working on a paid writing assignment (a book adaptation), and that’s understandably sucking up my writing time these days and will continue to do so for a while. Thus I’ll not be posting much here I’m afraid…

I hope I’ll be able to get the emailed lessons so that I can use them at a time when I’ll need them to improve my work

[Angie Sills]

Call me Angie.

I have completed two features and a pilot. My goal for my writing is to affect social change.

I am a contest reader and work with novel and script writers as an analyst / consultant. I hope to increase my skills and finish a rewrite.

I am over 55 and a serious cosplayer for ten years. I love to experience conventions with four days of scaring children and adults, making people laugh, and flirting with strange men.

I do a traditional and a Steampunk Medusa complete with audio sirens.

I become Sideshow Bob, the maniacal psychopathic killer from The Simpsons.

I’m looking forward to being Rick Sanchez from Rick and Morty at my next Con.

As a teacher I dressed as a Mime and did not speak for the entire day.

[Kim Michael]

Hi Angie,

My name is Mike McCarthy.

Below is my professional bio of mine, having worked in the tri state area at the highest level in broadcast television, as a TV studio and remote technical equipment operator, a news photojournalist & TV segment editor, for all of Martha Stewart’s TV programing at our Westport, CT. studios.

I listened to Hal’s audio recording on our first day, yesterday, of our rewrite class.

He made an important point at the end of his one hour recording for each of us to ask someone in our group to be a sounding board with constructive suggestions and questions as we work to improve our second draft screenplay.

I would be honorred to have you as my extra eyes and mind as a learning partner and vice versa during our 10-week rewrite class.

Thank-you in advance and I look forward to your input and interest in Hal’s very important process in how to rewrite a screenplay while greatly improving our work.

Sincerely, K. Michael “MIKE” McCarthy

BIO BELOW

K. Michael “MIKE” McCarthy is a retired professional senior television pre & postproduction skilled position technician / artist, specializing in live news & sports, working as an A-1 audio engineer & sound mixer, ENG photojournalist, on-line video editor, as well as an Avid TV segment editor, for top tier production outfits such as News 12 CT., Yankee Entertainment & Sports (YES NETWORK), ESPN, Martha Stewart Living Television and Home Shopping Network.

He has earned a media arts degree from Mattatuck Community College, Waterbury, CT., where he was awarded the ‘President’s Award’, the highest honor for a graduating student for his outstanding achievement in scholastics, theater & film arts.

Mr. McCarthy earned a master’s class certification from Future Media Concerts / AVID Editing, NYC. He has studied undergrad courses in Film and Video from University of Bridgeport, news journalism from NYU and has earned a Video Production Certification from Fairfield University, CT.

He is a lifetime member in Alpha Psi Omega, the National Theater Honor Society, and is a selected member in Who’s Who Among Students in American Jr. Colleges, for his academic and Theater Arts achievements.

MIKE is recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as a five-time National Daytime Emmy nominee and 4-time award winner, as a staff contributor for Best Show, for the CBS syndicated Martha Stewart Living Television series from 1999-2004.

Currently retired from the television industry, Mr. McCarthy lives near a southeastern Florida island, where he enjoys all outdoor activities, dinning, live theater & the Caribbean style Atlantic Ocean with a hint of the Jimmy Buffet lifestyle.

Now, about Hal & this course:

I took the 30-day screenwriting course last fall. I worked through half of the course in which I made good progress & it did create juice for me to FINISH my 1st draft in time for the final deadline for the contest, 9/30/21, of my entry of my 1st screenwriting contest.

My work concept & a very rough handwritten “all over the place”, final class project, & my 2nd screenwriting class at university, which I started in back 1997, now saw my 1st draft professionally formatted/typed, due to Ha’s 30-day screenwriting class, which allowed me to enter my 1st draft of my animation screenplay in the contest.

I did not place or win out of thousands of scripts. OK… fine for my 1st attempted contest using only a 1st draft, which we all know, is not the ideal way to have a chance to place or win. But that’s OK, that experience led me to here… this re-write class.

I paid the contest organizers extra for an EMMY winning screenwriter in my genre (feature animation for kids of all ages… think Lion King, Finding Nemo) to consult & provide notes which I received @ years end of 2021.

I know this rewrite class will move me forward to finish my 2nd draft using the lay out & the pro screenwriter’s consultation/notes.

Then on to the 3rd draft & continue clarify & improving all the aspects that go into a marketable creation/screenplay. 🙂

Best wishes everyone, for sucess with your dreams.

K. Michael “MIKE” McCarthy

[Jacqueline Murphy]

Hi Angie,

Hal suggested we team up and read each others script for a “Fresh Eye” and suggestions.

Would you like to do that? Below are a few links about me.

LMK what you’re writing, genre and what your needs would be as well.

Thanks, Jacqueline

LINKS LIST:

Stage 32: https://www.stage32.com/profile/501620

IMDb:

https://www.IMDb.me/JacquelineMurphy

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614319/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Jacqueline.Murphy.737?

Facebook Fan Page:

https://www.facebook.com/JacquelineMurphyFan/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/JacquelineMurphy13/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/@JacquelineActor

Website:

https://www.JacquelineMurphy.net

The Admired

Facebook Fan Page (The Admired)

https://www.facebook.com/The-Admired-496317970528151/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4899664/

IMDb – Film

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4899664/

IMDb-TV Series

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6888900/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2

Twitter

https://twitter.com/TheAdmiredFilm

Website

https://www.TheAdmired.com

Tweets by TheAdmiredFilm

[Jacqueline Murphy]

Hi Everyone,

Happy to be part of the group & meet you all!

I’m an actress who’s also a writer and filmmaker. I’ve written one feature film, one TV pilot and one short. I’ve taken several classes at ScreenwritingU-Pro Series and Binge Worthy TV and I’m also ScreenwritingU Alumni. I’ve also taken several classes at Sundance Co//ab in TV Core Writing & Sci/Fi Fantasy writing.

Fun thing about me? I love to dance and would like to be on Dancing With the Stars! I have my Registered Nurse degree and after completing my acting training in NYC at the American Academy of Dramatic arts, I broke into show biz when cast in a Recurring Role on “All My Children” as “Nurse Thomas”. Who would’ve thought nursing would be the key to break into showbiz, but it was! This led to other TV & Film roles and I was off and running.

I started writing in 2016 when I co-wrote a short called “The Admired”. Wanting to create other vehicles for myself I came up with the idea about an actress who wants to “Realize her Dream” and makes a deal with a handsome Devil to time travel back to 1940’s Hollywood as a glamorous movie star. From this “The Admired” was born. We won over 50 awards soon the film festival circuit.

Encouraged by this I then started classes at ScreenwritingU in 2018. In Binge Worthy TV class-I wrote the 1st draft of my TV Pilot “Sorceress of Hollywood” which was based on my short The Admired. I’m currently working on the 2nd draft and putting together a pitch deck.

In Pro Series, I wrote my first feature film: “Yellowbird & The Titan”, based on a true personal story of when I was a Registered Nurse in 1990’s NYC with the rise of opioids. I’m currently on my 2nd draft.

I hope to keep the momentum going and build on what I’ve written by growing and developing myself and the projects, and to continue to “Realize my Dreams” Wishing you all the same!

Warmly, Jacqueline

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[Kim Michael]

I LOVE to DANCE!

Official video David Bowie’s LET’S DANCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbD_kBJc_gI

I’m looking for a muse who is a natural in film making screenwriting, and television, creating artistic valued content for the marketplace.

If you have interest in joining with me to be an important reader consultant for my feature animation screenplay GOLD MOUNTAIN LOVE and me for yours… LET’S DANCE!

Thank you in advance for any interest and input.

Sincerely,

KMM

Mr. K. Michael “MIKE” McCarthy is a retired professional senior television pre & postproduction skilled position technician artist, specializing in live news & sports, working as an A-1 audio engineer & sound mixer, ENG photojournalist, on-line video editor, as well as an Avid TV segment editor, for top tier production outfits such as News 12 CT., Yankee Entertainment & Sports (YES NETWORK), ESPN, Martha Stewart Living Television and Home Shopping Network.

He has earned a media arts degree from Mattatuck Community College, Waterbury, CT., where he was awarded the ‘President’s Award’, the highest honor for a graduating student for his outstanding achievement in scholastics, theater & film arts.

Mr. McCarthy earned a master’s class certification from Future Media Concerts / AVID Editing, NYC. He has studied undergrad courses in Film and Video from University of Bridgeport, news journalism from NYU and has earned a Video Production Certification from Fairfield University, CT.

He is a lifetime member in Alpha Psi Omega, the National Theater Honor Society, and is a selected member in Who’s Who Among Students in American Jr. Colleges, for his academic and Theater Arts achievements.

Kim is recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as a five-time National Daytime Emmy nominee and 4-time award winner, as a staff contributor for Best Show, for the CBS syndicated Martha Stewart Living Television series from 1999-2004.

Currently retired from the television industry, Mr. McCarthy lives near a southeastern Florida island, where he enjoys all outdoor activities, dinning, live theater & the Caribbean style Atlantic Ocean, with a hint of the Jimmy Buffet lifestyle.

[Ian Greenham]

Hi Everyone. I’m Ian Greenham. I’ve written 6 scripts, but doubt that I’ve managed to get any of them to a truly professional level. I’m hoping this class will give me the impetus to continue to try to do so. I’ve also self-published two novels and a volume of four novellas adapted from four of my screenplays. I’m a retired Corporate Credit Risk Manager with an international bank, originally from Australia.

[Christopher Dalbey]

Hi Everyone!

I’ve written 9 features and 2 TV pilots that are both in outline phases. One of which I’m writing with a SU alumni.

My hope is to elevate a script I’ve completed and marketed during the pandemic. What I hope to get out of this class is to turn my script into fully marketable one and also learn this rewrite process to better increase the quality of my writing and revising other scripts going forward.

I’m a SAG-AFTRA actor and booked recurring roles on such celebrated shows as THE KNICK and landed leading roles on award winning Indie films like a A DARK PLACE INSIDE.

Looking forward to working with everyone!

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[Janice Maxson]

Hello, my name is Janice. I live in Portland Oregon.

I have written two screenplays. I am currently working on a mystery novel, and I’m hoping to use this class to restructure and fix the book.

I am a retired nurse, originally from England, hence my occasionally weird spelling. I’m also trying to learn Portuguese, which often makes my wierd spilling worse.

Happy to meet you all.

[Aurora AURORA Harris HARRIS]

Hi, I’m Aurora Harris. I’ve written three scripts and a TV series pilot. I’m in a speed contest to write a short film script this week. So if you don’t see me for a few days, you’ll know why. I hope to get pushed to make a big break through in my rewriting of my earliest script, to write efficiency and subtextually, to really GET and USE all that stuff that Hal teaches. I retired from a law practice in Santa Clarita, CA and moved to a little town about an hour south of Nashville in May 2020. I’m loving life here, the wonderful people and combining farming with writing. I plan to live to 120 or die trying!

[Kerriann Brosky]

Hi Cheryl, I am taking this course to enable me to review a screenplay that is based off a book I have written. I have contracted a screenplay writer, and I would like to have a better understanding of how screenplays should be written and what to look for. I am an author, not a screenplay writer. I have already found the audio and the information in today’s class very helpful and informative.

With that being said, I am taking this course for other reasons and will not be working on a screenplay myself, so I hope that it is okay that I just follow along with the lessons and not submit anything or partner up.

Looking forward to learning more about the process of writing screenplays.

Kerriann Brosky

[Ymani Boatright]

Hi Everyone, my name is Ymani Boatright. I have written one script. I have another one that is still in progress. I want to learn more about screenwriting. How to better my writing and how to write even when I feel stuck. Something unique about me is I can watch something one time an memorize it.

[Renee Johnson]

Hello All, I’m Renee. I’ve been out of the writing loop for a while. I have a couple of good scripts that didn’t go anywhere so my intent is to dust one of them off and fix it.

I’m nobody 9 – 5’er. I’m at a chop shop all day and am in the process of packing and moving mid February. Apologizes in advance for falling behind but I’ve been looking forward to getting back in the swing of things and my fun fun script.

Odd?…. hmmm well the shelves are almost bare. Boxes and boxes (some stacked to the ceiling) and I don’t miss a thing. I am so not looking forward to unpacking all this crap.

Anyway, Hey Hal and Cheryl – good to be home. This is going to be fun.

[Alice Eden]

Hello, I’m Alice Eden

I’ve written one script. And it is now only at 2nd draft. I’ve written and exchanged it many a times. And I hope to make it real now. I’m currently at ProSeries and Fearless classes of ScreenwritingU.

I am professional painter, and been doing animation project for a couple of years.

[Robert Wood]

Hello everyone – I’m Robert Wood. I’ve written and co-written a number of scripts for both film and tv and am looking forward to eventually having something produced! I am just finishing up the 30-Day Screenplay course here, which is why I’m late joining in with you here.

Something odd about me? I’m an expert on the 1970s sci-fi tv series Space: 1999 and have written two books about it, the second of which is being released in March.

[Angie Sills]

I LOVED Space: 1999

[Art Blum]

Hi Everyone. I’m Art Blum.

I’ve probably written a dozen screenplays over the years. A few of them did well in contests and I had a deal once. Writing is my therapy. I’m hoping to improve my stuff with this class like everyone else. The only unique thing I care to share is I work in a hospital with lots of COVID and everyone around me is getting it. I haven’t gotten it but feel the noose tightening.

[SHEILA DIONNE]

Hi everyone,

I am a tv writer and actress living in LA who has written two original pilots and three spec scripts. Very excited to pick up some new rewriting tools.

Sheila Dionne

[Jacqueline Murphy]

Dear Cheryl,

My schedule will be shifting the next month and I won’t be able to devote the time I would like to the writing class.

I wanted to let you know ASAP.

I will circle back to “posts” in the class and do assignments on my own as I can.

But I won’t be able to “partner” up or be as consistent as I normally am.

I love the classes you and Hal put together and will be following and keep up the best I can.

My “posting” may be a bit on and off and I just wanted to let you know.

Thank you for understanding and the wonderful inspiration . I look forward to seeing the assignments every week! Look forward to staying in touch..

Warmly,

Jacqueline

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[Rebecca Jordan]

Hello everyone! I’m Rebecca.

I have written one feature and two shorts. I wrote a first incomplete draft of my feature in 1998 and completed a second draft about 10+ years ago. I just wrote a complete reimagining of the same story with a different perspective in the 30 day screenplay class. It is based on a true story.

I intend to elevate this script, as well as any other I write in the future, to its absolute highest potential and pitch it to producers for option, or raise the money to produce on my own. I look forward to having a smart and efficient model to utilize in order to get this done.

I am a veteran actress, having performed in 50+ plays, as well as a founding ensemble member of a critically acclaimed theatre company in Chicago, now in our 32nd season. Therefore, I have read oodles and oodles of plays, as I was on the play submission committee for many years. I also sing background vocals and play percussive instruments in a highly acclaimed Tom Petty tribute band with some of the greatest musicians from Chicago. Lucky me!

[Jacqueline Murphy]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Jacqueline Murphy and I’m delighted to be part of the group and meet you all!

I’m an actress who’s also a writer and filmmaker. I’ve written one feature film, on TV pilot and a short. I’ve taken several classes at ScreenwritingU-Pro Series, Binge Worthy TV and am also ScreenwritingU Alumni. I’ve also taken several writing classes at Sundance Co//ab in TV Core Writing & Sci-Fi, Fantasy Writing.

Fun thing about me? I LOVE to DANCE! And dream about being on “Dancing With The Stars!” I also have my Registered Nurse Degree and after finishing acting school at the AADA I broke into NYC soap operas with a Recurring Role on ABC-TV’s “All My Children” as Nurse Thomas. It was my “lucky break” into show biz and this led to many other roles in TV & Film.

I started writing in 2016 when I co-wrote my short film “The Admired” about a frustrated modern day LA actress who dreams of being a glamorous movie star in 1940’s Hollywood and makes a deal with a handsome “Devil” to time travel there. This led to over 50 awards on the film festival circuit.

Encouraged by this I started taking classes at ScreenwritingU in 2018 and wrote “The Admired” TV pilot in the Binge Worthy TV Class. In the ProSeries I wrote my first feature film “Yellowbird and the Titan” based on a true personal experience as a young nurse in NYC 1990 with the rise of opioids. Currently working on 2nd draft of both projects.

I hope to keep the momentum going and build on what I’ve written and “Realize my Dreams” and wish you all the same!

Warmly,

Jacqueline