Author: poetryfest

Watch SHOES, Twitter Short Story:

Get to know writer Joe Lunne:

1) What is your very short story about?

It’s about a woman finally leaving a hopeless situation.

2) What motivated you to write this story and submit it to the festival?

I’ve always thought that a movie opening with a woman loading all of her shoes into a convertible and then driving away to start a new life would be a great way to start a movie. Still fleshing out the script for that idea, but when I heard about the Twitter Short Story contest, I felt it would be a good challenge to parse the narrative down to 140 characters.

3) What movie have you seen the most in your life?

I watch The Big Lebowski a couple times a year. Chinatown, Brazil, and Raising Arizona are others I watch regularly. Wild Tales will be added to this…

Watch 140 Character Short Story: TWO WIVES:

Get to know writer Joni Norby:

1) What is your very short story about?

The story is about a woman who learns about her husband’s double-life while attending a church service.

I’m fascinated with telling (and reading) short, concise pieces with a twist.

2) What motivated you to write this story and submit it to the festival?

I was motivated to submit a piece after binge-watching last month’s wildsoundfestival winners on Twitter. I just wanted to be a part of this community.

3) What movie have you seen the most in your life?

My most watched movie is a toss-up between “Sense and Sensibility” and “Animal House.” I think I’ve memorized both movie scripts.

4) How many scripts and stories have you written?

I’ve written countless short stories and have had two published.

5) What artists would you love to work with?

I’d…

Watch the 140 Character Short Story: THE DANCE

Get to know writer Ashley Gamrat:

1. What is your very short story about?

This very short story is about the first dance between husband and wife on their wedding day.

2. What motivated you to write this story and submit it to the festival?

I wrote this story for a contest on writing.com. Then i saw this pop up on twitter and thought why not give it a try.

3. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

My all time favorite movie is Young Frankenstein. We watch and rewatch movies all the time so that list would be pretty long.

4. How many scripts and stories have you written?

I just started getting back into writing about a year or so ago. More poetry than anything, but starting to work towards my first book. Few short stories here…

Watch BENNIALE, 140 Character Short Story:

Get to know writer Mikhail Zheleznikov:

1) What is your very short story about?

I guess, it’s about the idea of personal identity, which we might take too seriously sometimes.

2) What motivated you to write this story and submit it to the festival?

Don’t really know) It just seemed challenging to write something that would fit in 140 characters.

3) What movie have you seen the most in your life?

I never counted, but most likely it was some of Woody Allen’s movies, maybe Deconstructing Harry.

4) How many scripts and stories have you written?

I’ve written a few short stories as a voice over commentary for my films, that’s it. But I’m trying to write my first real script now.

5) What artists would you love to work with?

It’s hard to tell before you actually meet them. People can be so…

Watch RINGSTONE, 140 Character Short Story:

Get to know writer Katie Sandberg:

1) What is your very short story about?

I knew that to connect with readers, there would have to be a universal theme, or at least a cliche, that could flash brightly. I chose mystery for the genre – maybe because I was in the midst of a Longmire binge on Netflix. So I typed a moment that might grab any of us in the amygdala.

2) What motivated you to write this story and submit it to the festival?

I’ve made my living as a writer for a long time now, but it’s always been nonfiction: marketing, journalism and grant writing. I’m now doing grant writing 100%, so this was a delightful way to break up the finals week-style stress with some imaginative fun. What a great concept you’ve developed!

3) What movie have you seen the…

Watch the April 2016 Winning 140 Character Twitter Short Story.

THE BREAK UP by Gwen Winegar

Get to know writer Gwen Winegar:

1) What is your very short story about?

My story (as the title implies) is about a breakup.

2) What motivated you to write this story and submit it to the festival?

I wrote it to express the agony involved in heartbreak. I submitted it because other people felt it was a great poem.

3) What movie have you seen the most in your life?

Back to the Future or The Faculty because I want to write about time travel and pod people.

4) How many scripts and stories have you written?

Dozens of poems, 1 script I am developing from a recurring dream and several short novels. I am currently developing a few novels in my favorite genre Paranormal/Fantasy Romance.

5) What artists would you love to work…

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Due Date July 3rd:

FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival. SUBMIT your FEATURE, TV or SHORT SCREENPLAY.

Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation. Looking for screenplays from all over the world.

Watch Recent Screenplay Winners (at least 1 winner every month)

The RULES are simple:1. Write a script. Edit the heck out of it. We accept features and shorts of any genre.

2. Email your script to romance@festivalforromance.com in .pdf, .doc, .wpd, .rtf, or .fdr format.

In the body in the email please add your:

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