News on my screenplay A PROMISE I MADE TO MR. BAGELS – Dear Romeo , Congratulations!  We are very proud to say that our jury loved your screenplay and awarded it as a Finalist!  This means that you are still in the running to WIN! It’s always gratifying to get an email like this, especially […]

I’ve completed my new play WAVES.    The above is a quote that comes from one of the main characters who happens to dabble in writing but has been dealing with a severe case of writer’s bloc.   This is her words (or more accurately put, my words given to her). The play centers around three […]

Last month, I had the pleasure to see these two ladies at the Roselawn Theatre in Port Colborne where they performed in a play called THE SWEET DELILAH SWIM CLUB.  I’ve known Jane Miller for over 20 years.  She directed my play BLUE and was heavily involved in the development of ANIMAL and I will  […]

  Over 8700 screenplays from around the world were submitted into the 2024 Page International Screenwriting Awards. 974 screenplays advanced which represents the TOP 10% of all entries.  My screenplay BREAK AWAY made the Quarters.  Good news!  Onto the next round which will be much, much tougher. PAGE splits their contest into different categories.  I […]

My sister Lisa.  This photo was taken at my brother’s cottage a few weeks ago by our cousin Mitch.  Growing up we were inseparable, we did everything together.  And after I failed Grade 3 – we ended up in the same grade.   We went from Gordon Public School, to Welland Centennial Secondary School and then […]

The Story-Pros Awards Screenplay Contest divides its scripts into five categories:  Action/Thriller/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family/Teen/Animation, Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror.  It gives screenwriters a chance to compete in their own category rather than with the entire field of scripts.   It’s a way for the contest to spread the wealth and give writers some encouragement and a gauge as to […]

Last month, my screenplay BREAK AWAY advanced as a quarterfinalist in Script Lab’s Screenplay Contest.  1000 Scripts advanced out of 15,000 entered.  In this first round of judging, only the first few pages are read to decide which scripts advance.  In the next round, all 1000 screenplays are read from cover to cover to decide […]

I recently received the above email from The Script Lab.  I breathed a sigh of relief when I got the news as my screenplay BREAK AWAY has not been doing well in my recent submissions.  It is quite frustrating, as I’ve spent a lot of time in re-writes and submitting the script to the same […]

The expression “turn the page’ is an idiom.  Now you might ask, what’s an idiom?  Good question.  Here’s the definition of an idiom: A widely used saying or expression containing a figurative meaning that differs from the phrase’s literal meaning. The literal meaning of “turn the page” brings to mind a book, magazine or newspaper […]