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Many great films began as books adapted to screenplay. Others came straight from the creative mind of scriptwriters. Meet the authors of those stories.

Authors join us at the festival to promote their books and connect with producers and directors.

You're ready to take your idea and write it down, turn it into a script and shop it around.

How do you find a production company that will buy it from you?

Are you willing to sell it and let go of creative control?

Do you need a literary agent to help you?

How do you protect your work?

This course is free for writers. Only 50 seats available- registration is required by emailing us before August 5th. Please include the title only of your story in the email. EMAIL US NOW

ARTHUR’S MESSENGER

Based on a true story - When a loyal pet Labrador risks his life to save his master from committing suicide, an angel saves both and stays to enlighten the master of the power of faith, hope, love, and family.

After the devastating loss of his twin sons and wife, grief-stricken fantasy novelist Rick Bonner retreats to a secluded lake house with only his faithful dog Arthur for companionship.

Haunted by memories and tempted by despair, Rick’s isolation is disrupted by eccentric neighbors and Sydney, a mysterious woman whose inexplicable powers blur the line between grief and miracle. When a catastrophic fire threatens lives and Arthur dies saving others, Rick faces the ultimate test of faith, love, and resilience in a story that fuses grounded human drama with mystical redemption.

Dance of the Innocent - By T.L. Michaels

This script is a faith based, historic fiction, with a factual timeline around the
pro-abortion agenda from the early 20th century through to the current day.

Haddy Burrows, a professional Black violinist, overcomes the repercussions of her youthful abortion and related miscarriage. She diverts her music career in service to the underprivileged pregnant women of Brooklyn with her “Haddy’s House” chain of maternity homes and Pregnancy Resource Clinics. Haddy goes on to become a nationally renowned pro-life leader.

Upon her death in 2022, at the age of 101, Haddy’s spirit is restored in heaven with the unaware children she had never known, Mia and Caleb. She prepares her children to learn of the earthly lives they lost through the unfolding of the related periods of her life, with key flashbacks and select Voice Overs. Midway, she is joined by the spirit of her long-lost White fiancé, Dr. Seth Johnson, who discloses the explosive secret that had altered all of their lives.

Severely frayed emotions soon yield to spiritual reconciliation. The four spirits (Haddy, Seth, Mia and Caleb) are joined with the spirits of the other deceased key characters of faith, traveling together on into eternity.

Exit Wounds - By Stan Lewis

Leah Martinez learns to cope with being fired from her job and the trauma of being a victim of narcissistic abuse.

Birds of Paradisum - By Stan Lewis

An allegorical story about one man’s journey to faith and salvation. Two rival airlines—one a lavish conglomerate led by the enigmatic Mr. Lux-Ferre, the other a humble one-plane operation—compete to fly Derek to the island of Paradisum. As Derek uncovers dark secrets and faces a life-altering choice, the story explores themes of truth, temptation, and the narrow path to redemption.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Road to Damascus - By Donna Huskey

Paul, a bold and self-assured man, takes it upon himself to be the chief persecutor of Christians in his office. This all changes when he has an encounter with the Jesus on his business trip to Damascus...Ohio.
He soon sets out with two companions, Barnabas and Mark, preaching the gospel across the country. Soon after, difficulties ensue from disagreements and causes the trio to go their separate ways. Paul is then joined by three new companions, Luke, Silas and Timothy in continuing the mission.
Five years later, Paul is arrested and incarcerated for inciting a riot. During his stay at the Mohawk Correctional Facility in Rome...New York he is branded a troublemaker by the Warden Gennero and orders his trusty guard to take care of him.

Happy Hearts - By James E. Clark

Three women, three generations, two faiths - their lives crash together creating a family where one didn't exist.

Heartbeat - By Tim W Vied

A father has a special bond with his son by feeling and hearing his heartbeat which developed when the son was still in the womb. The son surrenders to preach as teenager. The son is killed in an automobile accident by a drunk driver. The drunk driver was a bully to the son throughout their lives. The son was an organ donor. The drunk driver ends up receiving the son’s donated heart. The father struggles with the bully receiving his son’s heart. With many prayers, the father learns how to forgive and love.

Thirteen Folds - By William Langlois

A man purchases a vintage radio from an obscure antique store and finds he's able to communicate with his deceased mother serving in world war two and fold the American flag with her spirit at her grave.

The Roar of Silence - By William Langlois and Annie Cerillo

An irritable man tired of the noise created by people and the things around him seeks peace and quiet at a weekend desert retreat. When he returns, he discovers he's gone deaf. The silence he so desperately sought has become a curse.

Secret In The Triangle - By Shelley Chester

An obsessed marine archaeologist and her granddaughter embark on a perilous investigation into her father’s disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle, colliding head-on with government forces while protecting newly discovered enigmatic entities beneath the sea.

What's a Girl To Do? - By Janet Folger Porter

A true story of how Janet Folger passed the nation’s first ban on Partial Birth Abortion while falling in love with the son of her worst enemy, a woman who killed her bill in committee (think Laura Ingraham dating the son of Nancy Pelosi). Overcoming impossible odds, this effort sparked 30 states and Congress to pass Partial Birth Abortion Bans, which led to the first Supreme Court decision to outlaw a method of abortion and signaled the beginning of the end of Roe vs. Wade...and the legalized shedding of innocent blood.

Without Roots - By Melanie Hope Lang

A high school teacher races to save a student from abuse while confronting the dark truths of her own past—a battle that could cost her career, her faith, and her chance at redemption.

Little Miracles - By Carlos Perez

In this “Lucifer” meets “Dead Like Me” feel good feature, a married couple, now death specters, break the rules by taking the souls of those they feel deserve to die, unaware they are pawns in a competition between God and Satan for control of the fate of humanity. “Little Miracles” was a recent finalist in the family category of the 16th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest.

A Caterpillar's Tale - By Carlos Perez

A young caterpillar, determined to learn why all his older friends go up the Great Tree and never come back down, takes off on a solo journey to climb the Great Tree and find out.

The Autumn Year - By Tony Bustamante

An aging farmer at the end of his life must find a worthy heir for his Kansas farm before it's lost to developers.

Arthur's Messenger - By Jennifer Buttell

It's 11:59 - By Randall John Gould

A coma patient is inspired by a Heavenly visitor to warn humanity of the imminent return of Christ

Master Guns' - By Peter Herlan

A strained father-son relationship comes to a head when Rolland takes the mic at his father’s funeral. With decades of resentment fueling him, he holds the power to either redeem his father’s name—or tear it down forever.

Greater Love - By Peter Herlan

When a teenage athlete’s sudden death rocks his family’s world, his father must confront the hollowness of his faith—and learn that true surrender begins where heartbreak meets grace.

Angels, Demons, and a Court- martial - By Chris Kreger

Navy Chaplain Gordon James prays for revival and practices exorcism. But when angels and demons fight to influence everyone around him, the invisible spiritual war results in a real-world Navy court-martial trial, and vindication by Congress. (Picture Frank Peretti’s This Present Darkness books, combined with Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men.)

Jacob's Well - By Jim Willard

A teenage boy searching for his mother's spirit, who fell victim to an ill-fated passenger flight, travels to another realm through an artesian well and discovers profound truths about faith and God.

Javelin - By Phillip Lee Betz

Jake Cohen, a retired executive of Lockheed Martin, is recalled to duty when Russian troops intercept a shipment of Javelin anti-tank missiles, prompting him to visit the front lines and test his faith under fire.

Insolence, a Million Bucks or go Bust - By Rick Mannoia

Two grumpy old men set out to turn their flop of a book into a blockbuster movie, but everything goes hilariously wrong—from muggings and police run-ins to a worthless GPS and a greedy agent. Packed with rapid-fire, self-deprecating humor and outrageous misadventures, Insolence is a dark comedy within a comedy, blending Mel Brooks-style absurdity with the ultimate buddy film vibe. Nothing is sacred, everything’s on the table, and these senior citizens prove they’re the oddest—and funniest—of couples.

Deep Within - By Scott M. Branan

When the world's oil supply runs dry, Geologists Brendon and Sheela (who met on CarbonDating.love), find themselves in a race against time to save the planet from an extinction-size energy crisis; but what they find deep within the earth will thrust their relationship and the entire scientific community into chaos.

Protecting Grace - By Richard Grahn

a witness to her mother's murder, a teenaged girl seeks help from a retired rodeo hero in hopes to evade a local child trafficking ring.

Cocol - By J.L. Pope

After being ordained a Catholic priest, a Mexican refugee returns to Mexico to combat a violently anti-clerical government by secretly distributing sacraments to the underground church.

Unforgivable - By Gregory David Solomon

Set against the backdrop of the 1960s South, this true-to-life drama follows siblings Tony and Tina from childhood trauma to adulthood redemption. After their mother is murdered by her abusive husband, their lives spiral through instability, pain, and rebellion—until faith and grace lead them to the doorstep of the man who caused it all. In a stunning finale, their decision to forgive transforms a lifetime of hurt into a testimony of mercy and hope.

The Serpent's Wager - By Dennis James Packard

A contemporary screenplay adaptation drawing inspiration from the Book of Job. It conveys a powerful message about resilience in the face of tragedy and the unwavering importance of faith in God's wisdom.

The Little Black Book of Sin - By Tina A Wake

Pious Melda has been keeping a little black book of sins about the people in her church for the past 20 years. All hell breaks loose when the scandalous tell all book is found, but everyone deserves a second chance, right?

A Coming Storm- By Billie Harris

A number of movies have been made on what takes place after the rapture, depicting a dystopian world of chaos and demonic forces. But none have been made telling what happens leading up to the rapture. "A Coming Storm" does. A story of a non-believer who happens to be a policeman sent to prison for beating a protester, as well as the simple black man who has a strong faith in God that he's incarcerated with. And, his wife, who's job is terminated, house foreclosed on, and must live with the majority of the population in homeless encampments where they're forced to rely on the government for all their needs.