Writing Samples

Below are links to PDF files of various scripts, scenes, excerpts and samples of my writing for consideration.

I've added a short preface regarding each project to help explain a little bit about it. Some of these are either
works-in-progress, are being developed (undeveloped!) or were put on hold for one reason or another.

The formatting styles vary, depending on when it was written; earlier drafts might contain more underlined, bold,
and CAPPED text, while newer files have far less.

Let me know if you have any questions and I will do my best to answer them. jeffpalmer_email [at] yahoo . com

Thanks!

Jeffrey Blake Palmer
Ventura CA

 

TEMPS
Description: Temporary employees are the new secret agents, rooting out America's white-collar
criminals and bringing them into the bright light of justice.
Pages: 68 (TV Pilot)
Genre: Crime/Thriller/Suspense
Status: unproduced
Completed: 2005
Client: Sally Ward and Misty Hoellwarth (Martini Productions)
File:
TheTemp_TV_Pilot_WritingSample.pdf

 

WORN
Description: Before moving his family to Seattle, a man tries to help his homeless father off the streets of Sacramento one last time.
Pages: 21
Genre: Drama
Status: unproduced
Available: yes
Completed: 2010
Awards: 1st Runner Up - Short Screenplay - Sacramento International Film Festival 2011
Website: here
File:
Worn_Clean_Dec.pdf

 

A DAWNING DARKNESS
Description: When the casket of a long-buried sea witch is pulled from the Atlantic ocean, darkness follows...
Pages: 30 (TV Pilot)
Genre: Supernatural Thriller
Website: http://flickerpictures.com/adawningdarkness.htm
Status: work in progress
Available: yes
File:
A Dawning Darkness - First Scene.pdf
File: A Dawning Darkness - Part One.pdf

 

THE SILENCE OF WALTER SHELTIN
Description: A happily married man sacrifices his wife's head to a higher power and discovers there are deeper places than hell.
Pages: 9
Genre: Supernatural Thriller Horror
Status: available
Website: here
File:
TheSilenceOfWalterSheltin-Draft3.pdf

 

TANGENTS
Description: A simple family man tempts fate and bets it all to save everything he loves.
Pages: 8
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Status: work in progress
Available: yes
File:
Tangents_Draft.pdf

 

HATCHET MAN
Description: A masked maniac is chopping up co-eds in a rural mid-west college town.
Pages: 2
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Status: work in progress
Available: yes
File:
Hatchet Man.pdf

 

THREE PAGE SCENE
Description: submission for a 3-page challenge
Genre: Comedy
Available: yes
File:
Three Page Scene.pdf

 

NOT WORTH IT
Description: submission for a 1-page scene contest
Genre: Comedy
Website: here Official Selection 2011
File:
Not Worth It.pdf

 

WITCH ROAD
Description: A young woman who dabbles in the occult unleashes powers she never thought possible. Based on a story by O.H. Krill.
Pages: 21
Genre: Supernatural, Horror
Client: Warren Croyle - Reality Entertainment
Website: here
File:
Witch Road - 21 pages.pdf

 

ONE SHOT DEAL
Description: Two guys. One job. No clue.
Pages: 23
Genre: Comedy
Status: in development
Website: here
File:
One Shot Deal - 2nd Draft.pdf

 

CODE LINES (alt. The Bleeding Edge)
Description: A father unravels the gruesome details surrounding his daughter's kidnapping.
Pages: 4
Genre: Thriller, Suspense
Status: work in progress; working with co-writer Galen Howard, but sample below is an opening I put together.
File:
The Bleeding Edge.pdf

 

THE SLEEPING DEEP
Description: A journalist on assignment at a sacred lake becomes possessed by a Native American demon and must travel to an ancient dream world to destroy it.
Pages: 100
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Available: October 23, 2012
Awards: Best Screenplay H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival 2009, 1st Place Sci-Fi/Horror Script Woods Hole Film Festival 2009, more at website
Management: none
Website: here

 

ON THE FRINGE
Description: A mill-town character ensemble set against the scenic backdrop of a vibrant New England fall.
Pages: 125
Genre: Drama
Status: produced feature
Website: here
File: OTFscript.html
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404291/

 

TERRIBLE :) HAPPINESS :(
Description: My attempt at the National Novel Writing Month in 2009. No editing, just hammered it out. Only got to 30,000 words.
Pages: 130
Genre: short stories
File:
TerribleHappiness.pdf

 

SEX BOMB DEATH RIDE
Description: A romantic road trip for the emotionally disturbed.
Length: feature
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Roadtrip
Status:
currently OPTIONED

 

MOSAIC, MAINE
Description: A series of unexplained events in a small Maine town lead to some big surprises, and bigger changes, for its residents. Northern Exposure meets Six Feet Under and Twin Peaks.
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi (TV Pilot)
Pages: n/a
Status: in development

 

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