SCREENWRITING

For seven years I lived and worked in Los Angeles (Hollywood to be specific) writing scripts, working as a script reader, and generally doing anything and everything to "make it" as a screenwriter. As someone who has always believed in the power of entertainment, this form of writing has always been one of my favorites, and, as a result, is where I've done some of my best writing. I still write scripts and continue to write about the process of turning words into images.

Additionally, I teach an introductory screenwriting course at People's University in Bloomington, Indiana.

For a list of articles that I've written about screenwriting and the business of film, click here.

Below you'll find a list of my completed scripts. This list is subject to change and will be augmented with dialogue and action samples from each script, so please come back and check in often.

Completed/Available Scripts include:

The Innocent:
A successful up and coming politician is in the wrong place at the wrong time, and accidentally kills a friend. A year later, he finds himself on the jury trying an innocent man for his friend's murder.

Karen Chambers is Slipping:
Three lives converge as Mark, a precocious eight-year old, simultaneously watches the television coverage of a woman being rescued from a car accident and listens to his grandfather tell the story of a young Native American boy who discovers that his gift is to ease the suffering of others as they near death.

Reckless:
Linda, a 55-year old retiree discovers that she has cancer and decides to try everything se has missed out on in life. While this renewed zest for life energizes Linda, it scares the hell out of her older conservative blue-collar husband Larry. Ultimately Larry finds understanding in the most unlikely place, when he befriends a young gay man whose much older lover is dying of AIDS.

Self Help:
The leader of a failing doomsday cult, an abused wife, and a student terrorist all try to improve their lives and accidentally start a war between the United States and Canada.

Contact:
812.340.9925
Fax - 509.352-6223
Email: mail(AT)glennkaufmann.com