Tag Archives: Writing

Dosed – Script

Last night was the premiere of the short film I have written, Dosed! It was really well received, below is a portion of the script. It will be doing the festival circuit next. Enjoy! Dosed Written by Lily Portman INT. CLUB – NIGHT Loud music, lights etc. Florence and Polly partying, dancing, having a greatContinue reading “Dosed – Script”

What She Did – A Poem

A sting cracks open her heart. A pool of guilt spills over the ruined carpet. New worlds flash into her eyes, Dark shadows linger high on the ceiling, That she once thought were angels. Now she sees they were a mistake. A catalyst of danger, The trouble of a creature lurking deep. And the painContinue reading “What She Did – A Poem”

The Bar – A Script

Below is another script for a friend’s day player audition. BARTENDER (B) is speaking to a customer as PATRON (P) walks to the bar in the background, pauses to look at the other customers then turns to order. B doesn’t notice P immediately as he is deep in conversation with a regular. P waits andContinue reading “The Bar – A Script”

T-Shirt and a Sausage Roll – A writing exercise

Below is a writing exercise I practice where I ask my partner for a prompt word and write something based off that. Today was a t-shirt and a sausage roll. The faded blue lit up into black as the t-shirt embered its way into the past. She held in her hand the remnants of theContinue reading “T-Shirt and a Sausage Roll – A writing exercise”

Ocean Mild – A Poem

Strange tides do quell in the currents.The breaks go on into a swirl of tepid bubbles,It rises. In and out and further and closer.The changing patterns forming on shredded shells,Painted rocks.Never the same, as the last waves feast,Froth writing new truths into old formed canvases.Everything moves into the same.Yet none are identical.Another wave comes. 

Don’t Cry, Baby! – Prologue

  Here is the prologue for my first full novel that I will be posting snipets of over the course of this week, along with my usual. Enjoy! Sunlight hits my eyes. There’s noise and pits of silence one after the other after the other. The fear makes me weep. A shadow looms over meContinue reading “Don’t Cry, Baby! – Prologue”