PRAY WITH A BULLET and HELL HATH NO FURY (PI) at LANEFF

My full length PRAY WITH A BULLET and high concept short script (the devil is the private eye and Eve is the femme fatale) received the Writer Award (essentially Finalists by another name at the 2024 Los Angeles Neo Noir Novel,Film and Script Festival on December 3.

Additionally, I made a short pitch video about the scripts and ‘noir:

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“PRAY WITH A BULLET” – 2024 Screenplay Competition Successes

I revised thriller “PRAY WITH A BULLET” and sent it to various screenplay competition. Here are the successes from 2024 so far:

Here’s feedback from a Slamdance reader 1:
“‘Pray with a Bullet’ is a riveting tale, strong in its purposeful tone and vivid writer’s voice. A minor fix to note, the scene ins and outs within this screenplay could be tightened, as could the economy of language given we have some flow and pacing issues. However, this is an easy adjustment with a minor editing pass…. Nonetheless, this is an excellent ride and adventure. Wonderful job.”

Slamdance reader 2″:
“‘Pray with a Bullet’ has really stellar character build and development. It’s clear the writer has a strong understanding of people as a whole and how change in them comes about. The dialogue is relatively strong as well– natural and engaging…. A little bit of revising in act 2 for structure would immediately tighten up this script. Great job!”

Slamdance reader 3:
“In ‘Pray with a Bullet’ we have some excellent character work at play. There are fantastic creative choices as well within the writing; the writer’s voice shines in this screenplay…. This is such a fun ride to embark on as a reader and it’s clear this script is near its final form. Wonderful job!”

– 2024 – Semi-Finalist – 28th Annual Fade In Awards Thriller Competition

– 2024 – Semi-Finalist – Ojai Film Festival

– 2024 – Quarter-Finalist – ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition

– 2024 – Quarter-Finalist – Table Read My Screenplay

– 2024 – Official Selection – Berlin International Screenplay Festival

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“THE LOST TREASURE OF THE MAYANS” named a Quarter-Finalist in the 2024 ScreenCraft Feature Competition

Here’s some short feedback from the competition:

“The genre elements truly shine here, ensuring the project’s commercial appeal comes across on the page. The historical context and physical location of ancient Mayan ruins provide an exciting backdrop for the drama and action. You write visual spectacle so well: Mick and Kabah’s underwater struggle against the skeletons, for example, the Jaguar War Goddess’s dark ritual, and the thrilling showdown with the giant mythical serpent. Beats like these make for an entertaining and visually compelling read.”

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“Don’t Eat Paper!” and “Pray with a Bullet” 2023 Acceptances

When I initially finished “Don’t Eat Paper!” in 2023, I began to submit that comedy screenplay to competitions: major, minor and those in-between. I then started to submit my older screenplays to some of these contests simultaneously because I had never submitted to most of them. (Since 2023, I’ve done several re-drafts of paper as the current version is shorter than what I submitted in 2023… ditto, I’ve done polishes on the older scripts too.)

“DON’T EAT PAPER!”

– 2023 Semi-finalist – Final Draft’s Big Break

– 2023 Semi-finalist – Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival

– 2023 Semi-Finalist – Polish International Film Festival

– 2023 – Quarter-Finalist – Wiki World’s Fastest Screenplay Competition

– 2023 – Official Selection – Culver City Film Festival

“PRAY WITH A BULLET:

– 2023 – Quarter-Finalist – Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition

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