TABITHA BAUMANDER

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1. What is your screenplay about?

A young man claiming to be an ancient visitor from somewhere else stalks an underworld boss while a police detective follows him. On the way, the evil die, the good are redeemed and the lonely learn there's a little magic left in the world after all.

2. Why did you decide to write this screenplay?

It gets complicated but "watcher" is a term derived from the bible. If you goggle Watcher you get a whole world of sites similar to the sort of thing you get searching UFOs. The simple answer is I wanted to do something biblically based that didn't have to do with the end of the world. That 666 thing is WAY to over done.

3. How long have you been writing screenplays?

I'm a novelist playwright originally but at one point close to fifteen years ago I began to wonder if I was really just writing novelizations to scripts that hadn't yet been produced. SO I started two write both.

4. What is you all-time favorite film? (name only one)

Don't have a favorite (no really I can't cut it down to just one)

5. What artist in the film industry would you love to work with?

I'm a fantasy writer so it would be a toss up between Peter Jackson and George Lucas.

6. How many screenplays have you written?

I think I'm hovering around 19.

7. Ideally, where would you like to be in 5 years?

Fantasy destination I"d want to be celebrating the successful release of my second produced film.

8. Describe your process; do you have a set routine, method for writing?

I try to write at least a little bit every day. I have a full time job so there are some limitations time wise. At one time when I was a full time mother I would average four hours a day. That's when I was producing most of my novels.

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

My kids. Sounds corny but yeah my kids.

10. What influenced you to enter the WILDsound Script Contest?

My mother died at 73. She was an artist that never went anywhere with her work in spite of the fact she painted for something like 60 years. That sort of thing can scare you into tak ing a chance and spending the entry fee.

11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?

Be disciplined. A writer writes. So called writers block is just self indulgent crap. Get the words down on paper and fix them afterward. Also....Get a good day job.

Tabitha Baumander

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