Writing Festival Event. Summary of the Sunday Nov. 22nd event

Tonight’s writing festival event will be showcasing 4 screenplays performed by professional actors in the Toronto film & theater industry.

The event table readings will be editing and then posted online by Dec. 1st.

Performing the Full Feature Screenplay: 

FEI JI, by James C. Peters

Genre: Drama, History, Biography

Synopsis: 

In the early 1900s young Chinese Americans, recruited to learn to fly and take “aeroplanes” to China, faced isolation from their families, jealousy, and danger when they accepted the challenge.

And 3 1st Scene Screenplay Readings:

Give Me A Reason, by Theresa Drew

Genre: Dark Comedy

Synopsis:

Suicidal Andy hits the jackpot when she gets a treatable but aggressive form of cancer. Choosing not to receive treatment does not go over well with Oncologist Dr. Ronald, who makes it her mission to give Andy a reason to live.

Loveless, by Chris Courtney Martin

Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Synopsis:

When the implant in her brain causes complications, a reclusive metalsmith joins a group of forlorn strangers in search of a mysterious savior. Based on L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”

Teton Reckoning, by Debi Yazbeck

Genre: Action, Western

Synopsis:

The year is 1890… Determined to head West, a Fort Worth orphan connives to wed a wealthy Idaho land baron who may not be all he appears. Her scheming leaves her fighting for her life against avenging kidnappers while battling to survive the treacherous Tetons.

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