Screenplays

Screenwriting gives me new ways to see and study. It’s been a natural progression from my education and experience as an actor. In 2021, I took learning the craft seriously and started organizing opportunities for my community (and me!) to learn, connect, and pursue filmmaking. I’ve since written nearly 10 scripts, written & directed (and produced) my first short film, wrote & hosted a sizzle for one of my TV concepts, and am currently the Vice President of KnoxMedia, Knoxville’s production community nonprofit.

My informal creative writing projects have included reading scripts and providing developmental notes, helping with flow, characters, scenes, action scenes, dialogue, and a yearly calendar of prompted writing competitions.

 
 
 

Fiction Concepts

Loglines with ideation that could readily take priority if it made sense.

 
 

Hot Dog in the City

 
 

Dream Adaptation

I’m an avid reader who has been both thrilled and enraged by adaptations of my favorite works. If we’re talking pie-in-the-sky…

 
 

Big Break

After a wish turns 21-year-old college-grad Susan into a 30-year-old corporate manager, she finds herself entrenched in toxic corporate culture and craving an escape hatch, who arrives with his own big secret in tow.

Gender-swapped retelling of the 1988 comedy ‘Big,’ with the

 
 

I’m contuing to build out this portfolio. Next sections include: Nonfiction Concepts, Creative Writing Samples, and Supplementary Works