Hi everyone,
My name is Scott Bradford, and I’m excited to join the Stage 32 community. I’m a writer based in the Midwest with a background in healthcare leadership, but storytelling has always been the through line in my life.
My debut novel, Bluff of Bones, is scheduled for publication this summer through Three Dragons Press. It’s a rural-noir crime story set in East Tennessee that follows a detective returning to his hometown to reopen the unsolved murder of his sister after a new body is discovered staged at the same river bluff nearly twenty years later. As the investigation unfolds, he and a local journalist uncover an online movement reviving the ideology of the Bald Knobbers—a Southwest Missouri vigilante tradition built on the belief that the mountains keep a moral “ledger” of justice.
Because I retained the film and television rights, I’ve been exploring what an adaptation might look like as a limited series. The tone lives somewhere in the territory of atmospheric Southern crime stories like True Detective and Ozark.
I’m here primarily to learn more about the development side of the industry, connect with other writers and producers, and better understand how projects move from page to screen.
Outside of writing, I’m a father, a lifelong baseball fan, and coffee lover.
Looking forward to connecting with everyone here and learning from the community.
Best,
Scott
I work with creatives that are building their productions through the five stages starting with development if you'd like to connect with me send me an email darkziperoxgmail.com
Welcome to Stage 32!
Congrats on your book Scott, that's awesome! And, good on you for retaining the rights. You will find this webinar really, really helpful: https://www.stage32.com/education/products/how-to-adapt-a-book-into-a-fi...
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Your novel sounds interesting. Congrats on getting it published and good luck with the adaptation.
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Congratulations! Sounds soooo interesting! If successful as a limited series, I envision a series that captures regional crime stories, including real ones like the daylight murder of the town bully in Skidmore, Missouri.
The townspeople “…didn’t see anything.”
cool
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Hey there! Welcome to this amazing community! I always like to attend the Open Houses so make sure you check those out when they come along. Sometimes there are special guests and I always learn something!
Congrats on your accomplishments!