Doug Folsom’s screenplay Over The Monster won Best Screenplay of ’14 at the Woods Hole Film Festival but he believes it can still be improved. On Monday, January 4th Harvard Square Script Writers will help him to decide what his next steps should be.
Doug explains, “Over the Monster won Best Screenplay at that Film Festival, but it only got to the quarterfinals at the PAGE Awards. After receiving script analysis from a PAGE judge, I’ve made a lot of revisions and plan to submit it again to the 2016 PAGE Awards. Before submitting it, however, I wanted to get feedback from a wider group of people.”
Log line for Over The Monster: Wrongfully convicted as an accomplice to a murder, a top baseball prospect must overcome all odds to achieve his dream of playing professional baseball and find out whatever became of his childhood sweetheart.
Doug grew up in Massachusetts, and graduated from New York University—majoring in acting and English. After years of pursuing acting in New York City, he became an ordained pastor and chaplain. He moved to Los Angeles in 2000 and continued his creative pursuits by producing and acting in four award-winning short films.
He decided to focus on writing in 2009. He’s written two feature screenplays, The Return of the Santa Fe Super Chief (semi-finalist at PAGE), and Over The Monster (Winner, Best Screenplay, 2014 Woods Hole Film Festival). He’s also written two critically acclaimed novels based on the screenplays, which can be found on Amazon. In 2014, he taught screenwriting as an adjunct at Stevenson University in Maryland.
Doug returned to Massachusetts last year with his wife and 21-month-old daughter, who he takes care of full-time.
For his next writing project, he’s working on a WWII romance based on a true story.
Our meeting will be at 66 Winthrop Street in Cambridge on January 4th from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Dues $15.00. PLEASE NOTE: Authors appreciate any notes you may have, in either printed or emailed format. Please try to be constructive by offering helpful solutions to any issues you identify.