Excelsior Journeys: Behind the Scenes

After I finished the script for "Manhunter," I took a shot at entering it into a film festival in NYC... and it got in!

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One day, I asked myself, what would that video game idea look like as a treatment to a film? Later on, I asked what that treatment would look like as a feature-length script.

Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform for creatives of all kinds (authors, filmmakers, stand-up comics, musicians, voice artists, painters, podcasters, etc) to share their journeys to personal success. It is very important to celebrate those voices as much as possible to not only provide encouragement to up-and-coming talent, but to say thank you to the established men & women for inspiring the current generation of artists.

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30 years after this idea took shape, it's still going today. I'm very proud of it. Here's how the story that would eventually be "From Parts Unknown" found its way to different media.

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FINALLY! Something I wrote actually went somewhere. This is the story of my first completed short film script.

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I never thought I would have so much fun in college, but that's what my final semester was. And that led to a LOT of writing.

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I took a couple dips into the wonderful world of fan-fiction, and one of them even made its way to becoming a finished screenplay.

To read Batman Triumphant, click HERE.

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Very grateful that my college allowed me to take another crack at playwriting.

Special Thanks to voice actors Audra Angelique & Erika Harvey for performing one of my short scripts I found.

Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform for creatives of all kinds (authors, filmmakers, stand-up comics, musicians, voice artists, painters, podcasters, etc) to share their journeys to personal success. It is very important to celebrate those voices as much as possible to not only provide encouragement to up-and-coming talent, but to say thank you to the established men & women for inspiring the current generation of artists.

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The summer of 1996 brought about the completion of two very different screenplays, plus an unexpected idea for another.

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Thanks to some musical inspiration, I realized that there was a trilogy in Phoenix Rising, not just one story. And the end results... weren't bad. But these characters had a much bigger destiny elsewhere...

Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform for creatives of all kinds (authors, filmmakers, stand-up comics, musicians, voice artists, painters, podcasters, etc) to share their journeys to personal success. It is very important to celebrate those voices as much as possible to not only provide encouragement to up-and-coming talent, but to say thank you to the established men & women for inspiring the current generation of artists.

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I didn't have to wait long before someone would reach out and ask me to write a screenplay for them. My first unpaid commission - which wouldn't be the last - was a very interesting experience and it just might be worth revisiting in the future.

Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity exists primarily as a platform for creatives of all kinds (authors, filmmakers, stand-up comics, musicians, voice artists, painters, podcasters, etc) to share their journeys to personal success. It is very important to celebrate those voices as much as possible to not only provide encouragement to up-and-coming talent, but to say thank you to the established men & women for inspiring the current generation of artists.

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