Welcome to my writing examples page

Dive in and explore the quick-read scripts. You will get a great idea of what I am capable of, from belly laugh humor to a small tear forming in the corner of your eye. I love coming up with interesting characters you will never forget. I write witty dialogue with vivid action for that winning touch to reach an audience and keep them coming back for more.

Film Scripts

I think I peed A fireman on a jumper call meets his past demons and saves his life with one catch.

Puppies A man and a woman meet on the sidewalk by chance while walking their Great Danes, where they learn the true meaning of Valentine’s Day gifts.

Leap Year Beer A romantic couple, both born on leap day, discover they can leap forward in time three times on their birthday.

Top Of The Slide A newly passed couple at the gates of heaven get to relive the special moments in their lives that meant nothing.

Snow Globe A young man shovels his snow into his neighbor’s yard, causing her to give their snow globe neighborhood a good shake to where it’s bomb pops and push-ups.

Let’s All Go Out To Eat A slacker man’s day off is interrupted by a Valentine’s Day visit from his mother-in-law. What his wife finds when she gets home is more than burned meatloaf.

Porch Pirate Sally The lines of victor and victim are crossed as a man keeps losing his packages to a porch pirate.

Starry Night We finally find out the actual inspiration for Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night. Madness has its pleasures.

Neanderthal Smile The horror comes alive as two teen girls spend All Hallows Eve alone with their fear of the dark and their distant past. Who is trick or treating when they answer the door?

Speed Bumps An afternoon porch date turns into a new spectator sport, complete with play-by-play, faded T-shirts, and barley pop refreshments.

Stage Scripts

Great Grandma’s Love Letters A family finds a box of dearly departed Great Grandma’s love letters and starts a new Christmas tradition by reading the touching memories.

Soulmates, Stop Slow In this amusing and touching sequel to Waiting for Godot, two lovers experience the meaning of life over and back again.

Coffee Table Full Of Wine Bottles Sobering up at the end of a party leads to something close to love.

How You Drink Your Wine? A couple on the verge of divorce has a dinner party and invites the old neighbors to meet the new neighbors.  Who tries whose dessert.

The Hobby A stormy night at an all-night diner begins with murder and ends in a tornado of suspicion and accusations.

Television Scripts

Sunset Limited A cool, mysterious secret agent travels the world with his band of ne’er-do-wells, searching out and bringing to justice the worst of the worst criminal minds.

So Unless Someone Objects Anna, a woman still raw from her own heartbreak, starts a support group for brides like her left at the altar. When your life is a mess, it’s the perfect time to look for new love.

Swap & Shop A dramedy about a dysfunctional family from war-torn Ukraine setting up life in Chicago as the new owners of a pawn shop. A comforting neighborhood of Kyiv expats and long-lost family members soon tangles a noose around them as they struggle to survive.

The Third Date A man on a third date runs into one disaster after another until he ends up finding the rest of his life.

Say My Name Now! On the loose and among them, a mastermind of suspense toys with a psychiatrist’s office suspicions. The meaning of the murder rages quietly until “Say My Name Now!”

Neapolitan Rule A chance grocery store meeting, grabbing the last container of Neapolitan ice cream, leads to a teen angst forbidden love in a budding blended family.

On The Road We Trust Two recently divorced women set out on a road trip across the country, celebrating their freedom. Their college-age daughters and a spicy Mother-In-Law are forced along on the adventure. Will they make it anywhere alive? The fun is in the remains.

Come In An assassin posing as a Greenpeace canvasser knocks at the door of the woman he is supposed to kill. His long-lost high school sweetheart opens the door.

Seconds To Supernova A drifting space pilot fights to save his home quadrant of the galaxy from his brother and himself, against an invading force of AI body-invading marauders.

Improv A group of outrageous people, living through their scripted lives, find themselves together in an Improv 101 class. Improvement does begin with improv, as their imaginations run wild.

Witness The Allure Brandon is trying to live his new life with his wife and son in peace, when a femme fatale moves next door. Danger follows from every direction into the quaint Washington State tourist town. We only truly are alive when we Witness The Allure.

Fat Hill An old west mining town digs in for a long night of greed, violence, and fear.