Kelly E. Keough
Writer/Director at https://storywaves.substack.com
Screenwriter and Producer
Boston, Massachusetts
March 2021
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About Kelly
Welcome! I’m Kelly E. Keough, a screenwriter, author, and instructor, and I am sharing a vital topic for storytellers and screenwriters not well served in existing media: the micro approach to writing and editing.
On Substack, I write a "lesson-letter" called Story Waves, a 101+ concise and impactful top-tier storytelling lessons curated to elevate your screenplay's clarity, boost its commercial appeal, and unleash its full creative potential. Join the Story Waves community. Add the pro knowledge to your creative storytelling and writing techniques. Posts 1-2 wk. Story Waves offers the keys to getting your story read beyond page 3.
Guidance | Workshops | Coaching | Skill Development | 1st Three-Pages Live
Surf the Story Waves and take your audience on a ride.
Why Story Waves? Why now?
Story Waves is me sharing the “How to Write Stories That Sell” guide I wanted and needed. It’s also the “How to Rewrite Your Story with Accuracy” guide I cannot live without. Now, no more doing scattered edits and drowning in development notes. When I discover a tool that makes the positive changes I desire, I have to tell people about it.
About Me: I am an award-winning screenwriter and podcaster, a two-time published non-fiction book author, and a produced reality cooking TV series writer/host. Sharing, teaching, and self-publishing is how I became a TV writer/host and the first published author in the USA in the sugar-free/gluten-free baking space. I am also a best-selling course author on .
I taught screenwriting and arts entrepreneurship at AMDA in Los Angeles, podcasting at Tufts University, and TV screenwriting at Emerson College in Boston. That’s 27 semesters in a row, helping over 2000 writing students. Now, I hope I get to help you.
I have an MFA in Screenwriting from AFI in Los Angeles.
My feature, SWISH, placed in the Final Drafts Big Break Screenwriting Contest in June 2023 as a quarterfinalist, and I’m currently adapting the screenplay into a middle-grade fantasy novel.
Genres I love (TV, Film, and Books): Romance, Family/Animated, Rom-Com, Historical Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, True Crime, Crime, Action/Adventure, Western, Performance (sports/music), Thriller, Road Trip, Self Help, Spiritual Memoir, Female Forward, Female Voices, and Everyday Madonnas.
I hope to connect with you and write the best stories...
Unique traits: Screenwriter | Author | Podcaster | Educator
Certifications
Links
Loglines
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SWISH Budget: $30M+ | Fantasy ⋄ Family FREAKY FRIDAY meets LITTLE MERMAID. After swapping bodies with a mischievous mermaid on a magic wish gone wrong, a failed and rejected 13-year-old wannabe songstress has less than 48 hours before she’s stuck as a mermaid forever, only to discover that to swap back, she must outsmart the mermaid and sing with her true voice.
Credits
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The Cider House Rule (
1999 )
Film by Lasse Hallström Lead Studio Teacher Additional Crew Kelly Keough is known for The Cider House Rules (1999).
Awards
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THE DREAM DIVA PODCAST: Silver Winning COVR Visionary Award in Radio and Podcasting
(2022)
Education
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