Several years ago I had a period of writing screenplays, before I started writing books. My decision to go to a writer’s conference caused me to dust off a couple of them to take in case anyone cared to see them. Here’s what I’m taking (both titles are “working titles” and both, when made into movies, would be just under two hours).
PREACHER
A young pastor in the Southern U.S. has a crisis of faith when his wife dies, leaving him with small children, and rebuilding his faith is complicated when he is drawn to an agnostic woman with tragedy in her own past.
It’s “God Bless the Broken Road” meets “The Case for Christ.”
This screenplay required the most updating. It needed updating for the sake of technology (smart phones have changed everything!), but also because my research for Collision Or Convergence gave me a lot of specific material relevant to the crisis of faith experienced by the main character.
SNARE OF THE DECEIVER
After he is shot, a drug dealer is reunited with a high school friend who tries to introduce him to Christ, but first they must both see past the veil to the spiritual battle swirling around them.
It’s “Pusher” meets “This Present Darkness.”
This is in the category of a supernatural fantasy, although most Christians believe in the reality of angels and demons, so they might not consider it fantasy at all. It is, however completely fictional.
There will be some people at the conference who work to get films and television movies made so we’ll see what happens.
