Charlie Lyons, a lawyer by trade, who often explores the criminal element in his screenplays, turned his attention to the behavior of a spoiled and impossibly self-centered rich housewife in this tale of domestic mayhem. More
Giving Up Candy describes the heart-breaking decision a terminally ill author must make about the legacy of her best-selling book series. More
Joe McIsaac has been the founder of numerous software enterprises in his long and varied career. As the creator of the first company to develop a C++ compiler (long before Microsoft), he knows what it’s like to be on the bleeding edge. More
Budding screenwriter, Ilan Erez completed a lengthy screenplay for Deviant, then decided to re-think the concept with this treatment. His log line — A fifteen year-old system kid moves into a new home in eastern Kentucky, and struggles to fit in; then his world is turned upside down by the murder of a prostitute that brings up his dark past. More
On Monday, March 17th, Maria Agui Carter, president of Iguana Films, documentary writer, producer, and director (most recently of Rebel), will present her outline for Mariposa (Butterfly), her first effort in the domain of fictional narrative. More
Carissa Steefel, mother of two teenagers, actress, and writer penned Mean Moms while focusing on raising her children. More
On Monday, March 3rd HSSW members conducted their first Skype interview and discussion with LA-based writer Santa Sierra, 1st place prize winner of Women in Film and Video, New England’s 2013 script writing contest. More
Can a young man ever forgive the mother who deserted him and his father 16 years earlier? Author Manish Mathur, a third year law student, examines what happens when the mysterious woman suddenly returns “home,” hoping that her personal revelations will explain why she had to flee. More
Eight years ago, film critic Bob Tremblay reflected back on a long series of personal tragedies, and penned his dark comedy Death Gets A Life. In this Boston-based rom com, Mortimer Todd (aka Death) falls for a determined young ER doc and realizes he may need to give up his lethal vocation if he hopes to win her heart. More
Marcy Holland is a young screenwriter who has carved herself a niche writing for the Lifetime Network. But while still a Boston University MFA graduate student, she conceived a story in which a teenage girl is haunted by the ghost of her best friend, who she believes she has killed in an alcohol-induced car accident. Is the ghost real or just a figment of the tortured young woman’s imagination? More