Screenwriter/consultant - a job post by Laura Delay
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Screenwriter/Consultant
| Seeking | Screenwriter |
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| Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Status | Development |
| Type | Feature film |
| Genre | Historical • Drama • Family • Film |
| Date Added | Dec 18, 2025 |
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| Date Updated | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Deadline | Jun 18, 2026 |
About the job
Title: The Grandfather’s Journal Format: Feature Film (Historical Drama / True Story) Location: Remote or Atlanta-based preferred Compensation: Paid (open to negotiation based on experience)
Project Overview: I’m seeking a screenwriter or script consultant to help develop a feature film based on a real 1934 family journal. The story begins with a young Brooklyn father writing after the death of his infant son. His handwritten journal — beginning with the line “This journal will describe how the days go after the death of our baby” — becomes a quiet, intimate record of grief, resilience, and love during the Great Depression.
The film will be character-driven, emotionally grounded, and historically rich — in the tone of Brooklyn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, or The Notebook. The journal is a real family artifact, and I’ve written a 1–2 page story summary that captures the arc and tone. I’m now looking for a collaborator to help shape the treatment and/or screenplay.
Ideal Collaborator:
Experienced in true story adaptations
Comfortable with historical or period drama
Skilled in emotionally subtle, character-driven storytelling
Sensitive to themes of grief, healing, and family legacy
Open to collaboration with the story’s real-life descendant
Deliverables:
Treatment (10–20 pages) or screenplay outline
Potential for full script collaboration if there’s a strong fit
To Apply: Please send a short note about your background, relevant writing samples (or links), and why this project resonates with you. I’m especially interested in writers who value emotional truth and quiet storytelling.
Thank you for considering this deeply personal and meaningful project. — Laura
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Laura, what a wonderful, meaningful project that is sure to tug at the heart strings of every parent who has lost a child. My friend Micki lost her daughter in childbirth four years ago, and her grandbaby, Basil, just turned four last week. The event motivated Micki to become certified in grief counseling, with a big part of the grief therapy she tells me focuses on journaling ... just as your grandfather found it so helpful to begin writing his feelings to assuage his hurt. I was a newspaper feature writer for 20 years, and that career in storytelling has now led me to become the author of three feature length screenplays, two animated shorts, and two illustrated children's books that are now selling nicely online. As a state employee of a huge agency, I've been to almost all of Georgia's 159 countiies. My crime/prison/revenge/love screenplay entitled "Cellblock Blue" is based in Savannah and rural southeast Georgia in the 1940s. My script for "Ghosts of Innocence" is set in Hall and Forsyth counties in the 1950s. Both are adapted from historic events. I would absolutely love to chat with you about "The Grandfather's Journal" and how I might help you bring it to life in cinema. In the meantime, be well, be healthy and be happy. And kudos to you for honoring his legacy with this project!