Saundra McKenna

Creative Artistry Productions
Screenwriter and Script Consultant

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October 2014

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About Saundra

I have written nine features and dozens of treatments, with one produced credit in 2007 and one film currently in development, director attached. Also, I am a story consultant and script doctor.

Passion for writing drives me. To be creative, evoke visceral responses in the reader/viewer and potentially unlock a doorway into the inner psyche to transform negative energy into the positive evolution of consciousness is my writing mission.

As a published non-fiction author, (Random House), and fiction screenwriter, including fantasy & myth, I focus on each writing project with creative commitment. My very vivid, multi-genre, visually oriented imagination supports my love for writing.

I embrace deadlines. For one director, I rewrote the entire “completed” script five times in three days, delivered the final draft to his desktop prior to the time they started shooting that morning.

I have also been a costumer and story/script editor and I have a critical eye for detail.

Bill Gladstone (Waterside Productions, Inc.) is my agent.

Unique traits: Specialty: creating alternative realities in the realm of World Building

Gender:
Female

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BYOND AVALON, the Return of the Sword, a SciFi/Fantasy continues:
ARTAIR. Son of King Arthur and the beautiful Lady Áine, Queen of Fae – Excalibur’s chosen one.
Secretly born and rejected by the King, Excalibur's rightful heir magically transcends the lines of time and into the future, 2154, a time when Lord Bás rules.
Confident ARTAIR never hesitates to take necessary action.
He draws power from Earth’s energy and faerie magic, until the heart of magic is stolen and his power begins to fade.
To restore balance, he seeks out the Lady of the Lake so he can claim the sword of power – Excalibur.

BEYOND AVALON, the RETURN of the SWORD: A SciFi/fantasy feature.
Once upon an ancient time in a land not far from Avalon, KING ARTHUR bedded his chambermaid. What Arthur did not know was the lass’ true identity – the disguised beautiful Faerie Queen, LADY ÁINE. When their son, ARTAIR, is secretly born and rejected by Arthur as Fae abomination, Lady Áine retreats with Artair never to return to the world of man again.

Loglines

MAGDALENE UNVEILED Fantasy Threaded between the present day and 2000 years ago, Anna Marie’s inherited gift of visions plunges her into experiencing untold versions from the life of Mary Magdalene and Yeshua ben Joseph.
THE SHAMAN’S BOWL Fantasy ⋄ Sci-fi Seduced by the potential promotion, journalist Sophie - on location in Nairobi, Africa, agrees to lie on camera, after which realizes that she’s crossed the line within herself and as a result of unclear thinking almost dies… While under the care of a remote tribe’s shaman, she slips between this existence and another lifetime.
PIRATE CAMP Family Contributing writer: Through the mists onto a magical island, a place where kids get transported beyond the boundaries of time to learn of the pirate’s positive strengths, they learn to: develop their sense of adventure, become fearless, have great fun, become strong and individualistic, all the while they free their minds discovering they can do anything, become whomever they wish to be. Until Hookbeard’s secret gets revealed… PC premiered Winter 2007.
HER BREAKING POINT Film-noir Passionate about wanting to create positive changes in the world, the kind and sensitive activist, Nikkie, goes to extreme measures to make a difference. Based on the story outline by director Michael Kastenbaum.
riSING & fALLing Drama Co-writer with Marci Winters: Battling inner demons from a war that never leaves him, a sensitive soldier returns to loved ones relocated by a life lost in the eye of Hurricane Katrina...
SMILEMAKER Biography ⋄ Drama Born and raised in war-torn Somalia, wrought with unspeakable violence and endless abuse, Layla Sheikh, driven by her immense strength, God-given courage and unique vision, runs from the atrocities of her childhood for freedom in the American Dream. Co-writer with Marci Winters & Layla Sheikh.
BEYOND AVALON, the RETURN of the SWORD Fantasy ⋄ Sci-fi In the future, as the world plummets towards annihilation, Excalibur’s illegitimate heir summons the sword of power and The Lady of the Lake to rise against ubiquitous evil. Comprehensive package with visual storybook and DVD teaser available.
PORTALS of CONSCIOUSNESS, Diary of a Starseed Sci-fi Encoded DNA activates... memories and encounters from other realities, dimensions, with highly evolved Beings, including herself as Syra from a distant galaxy, demand that Shannon awaken to truths implanted in her as a child to fulfil her role in an alien agenda for Earth’s awakening.
BEYOND AVALON, the RETURN of the SWORD, VISUAL STORYBOOK Fantasy ⋄ Sci-fi In the future, as the world plummets towards annihilation, Excalibur's illegitimate heir summons the sword of power and the Lady of the Lake to rise against ubiquitous evil.

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Credits

Pirate Camp (2007)
Film by Michael Kastenbaum contributing writer