What I'm doing now
Recently completed Diploma of Screenwriting at RMIT
The title says it all. In November 2022 I completed the Advanced Diploma of Professional Screenwriting at RMIT. The course covered both film and TV. Some of the things I did through the course included writing spec scripts (e.g. an episode of Seinfeld), wrote and produced several short form scripts, learned to write treatments, beat sheets and script reports, and did a fair bit of pitching. I am also coming away with a pilot that I am developing further, detailed below.
Books and screenplays in the works...
Poetry Book(?): 'Life After Near Death'
I've started writing a collection of narrative poems called 'Life After Near Death'. It follows my recent experience recovering from an assault that almost killed me, grieving the loss of a loved one, and the search for peace as everything heals. I don't know yet how this will be shared, but it will be published somehow. Stay posted on updates by dropping your email here.
Stage: In development
Short Fiction Book: 'My First Rodeo'
Inspired by two books I love: Sum by David Eagleman (40 different answers to the question of what happens in the afterlife) and One More Thing by BJ Novak (a book of comedic short stories that are not always 'complete' or fully elaborated), I'm writing a collection of dark comedy short stories for an Australian audience. There's a common theme of having an obsession with one's internal world.
Stage: In development
TV Series Pilot: 'The Divorcèes'
'The Divorcèes' is a 12 x 30m live action comedy series in which a washed up soap actor and his uptight son are left by their wives on the same day, and are forced to live together as they each struggle to get their lives back on track.
Stage: Shopping it around