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Watch the 140 Character Short Story – The gentle sunset:

Get to know writer B.W. Shearer:

1) What is your very short story about?

It is about a palm tree silhouetted against a beautiful sunset.

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

I liked the idea of telling a story in just a few words.

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

Bertolucci’s 1900 and Burnt by the sun

4) How many scripts and stories have you written?

I have written a few.

5) What artists would you love to work with?

Steve Martin, Woody Allen

6) What is your passion in life?

Writing

7) Any tips for other writers who want to write a 140 character short story?

Don’t think about the words, just tell an economical story, then edit.

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Watch the 140 Character Short Story – KEVIN THE LOSER:

Get to know writer Nicole Nelson:

1) What is your very short story about?

It is actually an excerpt from my feature length Romantic Comedy Kevin the Loser. The protagonist , Kevin, is a loser in life, but hopes to be a winner in love.

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

I was motivated to write this story to show that we all have a vulnerable side when it comes to love. I submitted this story to the contest in hopes of getting exposure and ultimately having my screenplay sold and produced.

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

I have seen Beaches and Five Heartbeats an equally insane amount of times.

4)How many scripts and stories have you written?

I have written a total of five feature length scripts…

Watch the 140 Character Story: ROSES ARE RED:

Get to know writer M Sawyer:

1) What is your very short story about?

The story is about the juxtaposition between love and loss, life and death, hope and fear.

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

Being limited on word count, was very exciting. Each word had to count and carry an overall meaning. I submitted it to the festival in the hope that I would be able to see it turned into a short film, and to get feedback.

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

The movie I have watched most in my life is The Di Vinci Code

4) How many scripts and stories have you written?

I have written 4 scripts for a ‘Most Haunted’ type programme

5) What artists would you love to work with?

Watch the 140 Character Short Story: PRANK CALL:

Story read by actress Maya Woloszyn

Get to know writer Lucas Ruderman:

1) What is your very short story about?

My very short story is about a middle-aged man who has absolutely had it with these prank calls. He gets the old “Is your refrigerator running?” and the little kids laughing trying to remain serious. Fed up with the constant annoyance, he immediately answers his next call with an angry greeting. This is followed by several curses and crude phrases. He is satisfied with his outburst until he hears the frightened and scarred sounding tone of his mother’s voice. This of course is followed by a lecture about how he was raised much better than he had portrayed.

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

My father used to get prank phone calls all the…

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Watch the June 2016 Winning Novel & Short Story Performance Readings. All stories read and performed by professional actors:

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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: John Johnson

Genre: sad, relationships, love

I was open in front of him
by Cindreia Europe

Air rushing in my caverns winds tearing at my insides making me all too aware
Of my emptiness where love should be
Of my cliffs that jut and tear at
The ragged rawness inside of me
I am empty where I should be full and full of only the wrong things

I bared my landscape to the warmth of his sun
Time stopped, a brief ice age before my global warming

But I don’t know what happens next
This all happened in another universe
But here
He is someone else’s sun
And I am still a barren wasteland

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Deadline: FREE POETRY Festival – Get your poem made into a MOVIE and seen by 1000s. Three options to submit:
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Genre: Romantic/Sad

Lonely Is The Hunter by Mila

My Supernatural poem about Dean Winchester

Moonlight crashes through the window
Wind howls, or was it a werewolf?
teeth gnashing in the twilight hues
I heard a sound of wailing – was it you?
Creaking, creeping through freshly fallen snow
echoes of breathing deeper and deeper
eyes are bright, slowly taking you in
I fall, you fall, tender and strong
Heartbeats rising, beating breathless
must be something more than empty promises
I lie, you lie, fate’s been decided
kismet delivers
but you dear boy, don’t believe in destiny
Our time is up, loneliness forever
Can’t fight a good fight living in shadows
It was my dream to meet you but nothing lasts
too tumultuous the ending
and silence stills the stirring heart

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Deadline: FREE POETRY Festival – Get your poem made into a MOVIE and seen by…