Success at AFF30 (Austin Film Festival 2023)  proves the value of rewriting and collaboration (having opted for script notes—a collaboration—with my AFF29 entry of Saving Emma).

I’m Gene Cartwright—a father, a former Oprah author guest (16 multi-genre books), a screenwriter (multi-genre features & shorts), a past Pulitzer nominee, a former engineer, and an inactive U.S. Marine.

May I submit my Austin Film Festival SemiFinalist and Coverfly Finalist Red List screenplay, Saving Emma (Family Drama Feature—female protagonist, diverse cast), for your consideration?

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• Consider Saving Emma a cross between E.T. and Stand by Me. Emma’s Shasta is like E.T. with four legs and a bark—arriving from a pet store that never existed.
• Emma—like the boys in Stand by Me—exudes inner strength and a relentless sense of self despite the health battles she confronts. She often exhibits a healing effect on suffering children with the touch of her hand. The bad guys—ruthless enemies of her father—have more than earthly forces to fear.

Industry Professionals, Request my Award-winning 119 p. screenplay? (Family drama with thriller, mystery, and fantasy appeal)

Dionne Warwick was right. “What the world needs now is love, sweet love.”