Sherry Savage's Lounge Discussions

I submitted 8 Wheels Ago Go. It’s 1983 when a conservative Christian school hosts what looks to be their last roller-skating party. Can fifteen-year-old Miles, a shy kid with a big heart, save the day and couples-skate with the girl of his dreams?

I submitted my script for the pilot episode of a children's animated series called Melly and Delly. It's about a twin brother and sister duo, who live on a small farm with their mom, and they turn their everyday problems into fun antics. It's loads of fun, when their personalities clash. Though they are twins they are very opposite in many ways.

I entered Robo Sapiens. Fun AI characters, live action, and cerebral but clean and fun for all ages.

LOGLINE: A tech expert who wishes he was a robot, that distinguishes humans from foreign AI learns of robots with emotion and free will. However, as some vanish and he must find them that have blended with humans.

Fingers crossed.

Good luck to everyone! Here's my entry, a holiday fantasy-adventure:

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DECORATIONS -- When a disgruntled spirit brings all the neighborhood decorations to life on Halloween, a timid fifth grader must devise a plan to capture it by midnight in order to save her family and friends from becoming decorations themselves forever.

Great Stories and Good Luck! Feature Film Title: "Dueling Destiny" logline: When a young woman’s subconscious materializes as a tiny human called Destiny, she must accept her wacky antics in order to escape her daily grind and find true happiness. Destiny creates chaos to facilitate change for the better, in a young womans life in this comedy with sequences, suitable for school-age to ninety year olds.

I submitted my script, "Cyn & Izzy".

Logline: Two women estranged since high school, who are currently experiencing very contrasting mid-life crises, decide to overcome their obstacles by living out their teenage dreams; They start a rock band.

Thanks for reading! And best of luck to everyone!!

Awesome! Good luck everyone!

My Feature Script Title "TO DIE FOR" Logline - A golden aging, wealthy woman, lives for her granddaughter. A plot unfolds to end their lives and obtain her wealth. She realizes dying guarantees her granddaughter living and conspires with three quirky senior citizens to ensure her granddaughter fulfills her dreams. Comps "Knives Out " and "Save the Last Dance." The protagonist, a 70-something wealthy grandmother who rose from poverty was inspired by successful, elderly, trailblazing, sassy women who break the mold regarding Senior Citizens. Then the heartwarming bond a grandmother and granddaughter have for one another is celebrated along with their love for dancing. Throw in eccentric Senior Citizens displaying humor, knowledge, and mischievousness, add the granddaughter's love interest along with, who murdered the grandmother - did she die? The combined genres are designed to entertain with inspiration, mystery, romance, and comedy. The results are a feel-good movie made for all generations that celebrate family and elderly heroes and heroines.

Wow, there are a lotta great stories here! Best of luck to everyone!

My script, Breaking and Entering, is a second-time-coming-of-age comedy about two post-menopausal besties who realize life-going-on-sixty isn’t what they expected.

When dutiful housewife, Janet, arrives home after caring for her dying mom in really rural Wisconsin, she discovers a world of unwelcomed change. Her husband and kids are totally self-sufficient, and her beloved hometown is overrun by hipster shops and massive new homes. Not to mention her aging body, which now resembles a sack of cats. To cope, Janet takes up power walking with her lifelong pal, Irene, who’s totally bored with retirement. What starts as a playful dare to break into an empty McMansion, quickly becomes an epic summer of criminal mischief as the two try and outsmart husbands, cops and the vacationing homeowners (with a not-so-smart security system). Can Janet and Irene pull off the ultimate 60th birthday bash – in someone else’s home? More important, can they escape the beliefs that imprison them as adults – and find happiness on the other side of youth?

I sent in FATHER'S DAY. The screenplay is based on a stage play that arose from a poem created in response to a visit with my father at a psychiatric hospital on Father’s Day 1983. Ellen, a 23-year-old grad student talks about going to China for her studies without recognizing that she is really ending her 7-year relationship with Martin, her 30-year-old partner. Her partner is too busy exploring his bisexual side through NSA sex to notice. Their gay friend knows what's happening and tries to keep them together. Running through, the protagonist's uncle, great uncle, and father each die suddenly (my father and his brother died five weeks apart in the winter of 1983-84). Her older brother, estranged from the family, confronts her about her "escape" plan. She leaves for China without expressing her feelings. The story is bookended by the same scene, told once with faulty memory and told again with more clarity and accuracy.

Hey Pat, I entered JANISSARY (epic), THE MESSAGE (biopic), and THE MONK WHO WOULD BE SPY (action/historical). Historical fiction genre which includes Period is my main genre of writing as I love, love, love the different settings and opportunities to learn new things as I research.

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How many entries were received in the Period Piece competition and how many finalists will there be?

Sam, good question - for transparency's sake, I hope Stage 32 answers :)

Thanks for your response, Elizabeth. I’ve been revising my historical script for ten years. I only get it out to make another pass at it because of these competitions. Our period piece scripts must be strictly passion projects, since they advise us not to write them, they’re too expensive to make, and no one is looking for them. We can always use them as writing samples.

Cool, William Gaudreault. Speaking of the Crime genre and Boston, have you seen THE TOWN?

Hi William Gaudreault , welcome to the community! I hope you have a fantastic 2024!

I have seen the town! as well as the departed. These movies beautifully captured life as it were and still is, just more discreet.

Not because you're new to screenwriting, but write, write, read, read and then WRITE.

I haven't seen THE DEPARTED, but I've been planning to, William Gaudreault. You said you want to write Drama. What are some of your favorite Drama movies?