On Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, I received exciting news that my screenplay entitled “Looking for Morning” has been selected as a finalist for “Best Screenplay” in the 2021 Branson International Film Festival, to be held in Branson, MO, April 22-24.
“Looking for Morning” is one of 25 finalists. Since it is a film festival, the focus will be on the exhibition of finished films, but this is an honor nonetheless.
Writing is a solitary pursuit and it’s difficult to know if your work is worthwhile without feedback, and self-doubt is an ever-present temptation, so it’s gratifying and thrilling to know that a panel of judges read “Looking for Morning” and found it worthy of elevating to finalist.
You can read the synopsis here.
I wrote the first draft of “Looking for Morning” with the working title “Preacher” about 30 years ago. It was actually considered by Turner Network Television (TNT) back when it was about the only basic cable network doing its own production of TV movies. They decided to pass.
I entered the screenplay in the festival several months ago and pretty much forgot about it, thinking it was unlikely I would be selected. Now that it has been included in the finalists, I have no illusions about winning, but it may be that its designation as a finalist will garner it some attention from producers in a position to produce it.
Fingers crossed!
