My film scripts create realistic character-driven plots and authentic dialog, all based on my life on Texas ranches as well as my journalism career: writing, photographing, and even studying the cowboy life academically. I can also suggest locations. This is a list of titles and loglines for five scripts ready to market. Those scripts eventually morphed into a “novel in dialog” called One Hundred Horses: Drama as Novel, Memoir as Drama. An interview about the book with Eclectic Horseman magazine is available.
A Brand for Two
Pride in their work causes physical problems (her wrist, his back) that brings together a feminist horse shoer and a chauvinistic cowboy. They shoe horses together and become partners in a small cattle venture until pride begins to drive them apart.
A Cinnamon Latte
A young Mexican man illegally crosses the Rio Grande and finds work as an aging chuckwagon cook’s helper. He begins to woo a cowboy’s daughter with coffee and a horsehair bracelet. He plays classical Spanish guitar and sings Norteño folksongs, including a duet with coyotes, while struggling to learn English and earn citizenship. (mostly Hispanic cast, partly in Spanish, semi-musical)
One Hundred Horses
A reservation and tribe catch fire, both literally and symbolically, as a Native American rancher, banker, traditionalist, and casino boss—some searching for a runaway teen and some hiding him—eventually pair up and come together to create a unique school for Indian youth. (mostly Native American cast)
Taming Binion’s Daughter
A wild ride with Shakespeare in Las Vegas! A Nevada buckaroo bets his life and ranch that his horsemanship skills can tame the shrew-like daughter of a notorious casino owner who raises rodeo bucking horses and bulls.
War on Sugar
The health-conscious owner of a juice bar faces bankruptcy with too many machines in her garden thanks to a salesman boyfriend. One day a cowboy/Marine veteran walks in lured by her false (bar) advertising. Two puppet-master cowboy kids provide motivation.