Exciting News!

Dear Friends,

Along with writing this newsletter, I have been screenwriting and developing film projects. I am very pleased to share with you the wonderful news that one of my scripts, a feature film called Depth of Field, is a finalist (i.e., made the top 10 out of 2,000 submissions) in the American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition. American Zoetrope is the film company Francis Ford Coppola founded in 1969 and since has produced and championed an untold number of films, artists, and creative pursuits.

Here’s the link to the official announcement:

https://www.all-story.com/american-zoetrope-screenplay-competition/

I feel elated, lucky, and inspired that my writing received this accolade. I spent a lot of time and effort creating a story I wanted to see as a movie. I’ll add I did not do this alone; there are many readers whose comments were instrumental in getting the script to the point where such an award was possible. Of course my first and most helpful reader of everything I write is my wife and muse, Susan Jarrell, whose faith, support, and insight provide the foundation for everything I do.

This screenplay award will go a long way towards Depth of Field becoming an actual film, and it will draw positive attention to my writing in general. I am extremely thankful to American Zoetrope for honoring my work in this way, and for supporting stories early in their development generally. The world is made better by good stories.

To the pleasure of films and the discussions they spark,

Josh