After placing overall winner in a national competition, and receiving representation of a manager and agent in Los Angeles, Michael had some choices to make. Move to Los Angeles or stay home, in Wa...view moreAfter placing overall winner in a national competition, and receiving representation of a manager and agent in Los Angeles, Michael had some choices to make. Move to Los Angeles or stay home, in Walterboro, South Carolina, population of thirty-eight thousand.
He chose another route and attended film school. After graduating top of his class and voted outstanding student, he went on to write Willows Gate novella (a short novel) for Coppola’s, Zoetrope.com. The novella was derived from the original screenplay, and true to its form, it received nine stars out of a possible ten.
This is the novel and screenplay that followed.
“It is my pleasure to invite you on a journey into my soul, where blood is thicker than water.”view less