In a shameless and selfish attempt to help pay the bills, I’ve posted three new ebook tiles on Amazon Kindle. These titles are available globally. They are quick and easy-to-read short scripts written in scriptwriting format, not prose. If you like, think of these an in-home movie experience, so make your own popcorn and enjoy the read! GARDEN SHED by John Hunter on Amazon Kindle  “A young boy and his sister discover a portal to the afterlife in their grandmother’s garden.” While visiting their grandmother, a 9 year old boy and his 11 year old sister discover what appears to be a shed in ..read more

“A young boy and his sister discover a portal to the afterlife in their grandmother’s garden.“ Someone in the UK recently suggested a supernatural story featuring two young children. Intrigued by the idea, I wrote this ten page short entitled Garden Shed. Brief Synopsis: While visiting their grandmother, a 9 year old boy and his 11 year old sister discover what appears to be a shed in her garden. When the children mention what they have found to their grandmother, she tells them a garden shed had always been their late grandfather’s fondest dream. She hastens to add how unfortunate it was tha ..read more

In the past, it was strongly recommended NOT to use any graphic elements, colors or fonts except 12pt Courier on the title pages of scripts. Such affectations were considered amateurish and doomed your project to immediate, unread, rejection.  BUT times have changed and we’ve come a long way, baby! We now have PITCH DECKS with OMG graphics, animation, photos, cyber casting, and more. So, in keeping up with the times, I have just completed a Charlie Brown pitch deck for my Action Adventure Franchise. While mine is not an example of best in class, it ..read more

Just completed a Charlie Brown pitch deck for my mid-budget, action adventure franchise: One Way Tickets, Tropical Princess and Animal Rescue.  I used the Apple Keynote, but there are other more sophisticated and collaborative apps available, see ScriptHop. In the past, it was strongly recommended not to use any color or fonts except 12pt Courier on title pages of scripts. In living memory, graphic element(s) of any kind were considered amateurish. This sort of transgression was guaranteed to send your script straight to the trash can, unread, and uncon ..read more

As a writer, I’m always on the lookout for my next idea…Just a little non-derivative something to hang a story on. With this in mind, one of my guilty pleasures is reading the NYC, MIA and LA Craigslist Writing Gig ads. Here’s an interesting one I found this morning. No affiliation or recommendation. Re-posted here for entertainment purposes only. Proceed at your own risk: WRITE MY SCREENPLAY (MIAMI BEACH) © craigslist no pay I HAVE DONE THE RESEARCH FOR A SCREENPLAY THAT TAKES PLACE DURING WORLD WAR II. IT IS A FANTASTIC, SPELL-BINDING STORY, SURE TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PIC ..read more

Snow Worms by John Hunter Logline: “A strong and resourceful young woman leads a desperate struggle for survival when a long frozen terror awakens in the Alaskan wilderness.“ Synopsis/Details:“In the remote Alaskan wilderness, primitive worm-like creatures long held in suspended animation inside glacial ice awaken and they are hungry. These ravenous creatures immediately prove themselves a lethal threat to all warm blooded creatures in the area including man. Isolated, cut off by bad weather and with little hope of a rescue, a strong and resourceful young woman leads the members of her resear ..read more

John THU, 2021-01-07 17:15 Very sore this morning and desperately trying to distract myself by putting together my notes for a victim narrative.  Today at about 2pm, some lunatic cut me off in traffic by making a very sharp turn in front of me. He put me down hard. Bruised and sore all over. Don’t think bike is too badly damaged. This may be the universe trying to tell me something? No way this accident could have been avoided other than staying home. Glad I was wearing a helmet, boots and gloves. The best part? It was a hit and run! After writing the above, I rem ..read more

Logline: “A strong and resourceful young woman leads a desperate struggle for survival when a long frozen terror awakens in the Alaskan wilderness.” Synopsis: “In the remote Alaskan wilderness, primitive worm-like creatures long held in suspended animation inside glacial ice awaken and they are hungry. These ravenous creatures immediately prove themselves a lethal threat to all warm blooded creatures in the area including man. Isolated, cut off by bad weather and with little hope of a rescue, a strong and resourceful young woman leads the members of her research team and native Inuits in a li ..read more

Upon recently entering my local Costco, a huge cavernous warehouse where you can buy everything in huge quantities at discount prices, my forward progress was stopped by a small boy.  His eyes were closed, his fists were clinched and his head moved violently from left to right. He appeared to be running in place without going anywhere. He sounded like a miniature fire truck on its way to a real barnburner. Everyone except me, prudently ignored his display.  His enabling Copter Mom at his side, leaned over and cooed sweet nothings to the boy, but he was having none of it.  Fascin ..read more

Companion Shop by John Hunter “Difficulties arise when a lonely elderly woman buys an artificially intelligent companion at a 20% Off Clearance Sale.” Here’s a whimsical must see short I wrote about 5 or 6 years ago which was just release late September 2020. Enjoy ..read more