My name is Mark Atwater and I've been working on the craft of screenwriting for over ten years. I live in a Tuscola, IL, a small town, near Champaign, IL. I've written twelve screenplays and optioned three of them and written two works for hire. My screenplays are available in pdf and final draft format and all are registered with The Writers Guild of America. To request any of the screenplays below email me at mark@markatwater.com or call (217) 531-8828.
An aspiring artist tries to shake his mob ties and uncovers a painting that opens a doorway to another realm.
Click "Peter Seven" to read the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
A paranoid librarian thinks "little people" want to kill him and sets off on crazy quest to clear his name.
Originally optioned by Tim Flattery.
Click "Short Kill" to read the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
A detective teams up with a suspended basketball player to uncover who's behind fixing the outcome of a futuristic basketball championship.
Originally optioned by Dean Barnes of Latigo Filmworks.
Click "Fortune City" to read the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
After his identity is discovered, a former wise guy from New York must confront the mob family that tried to kill him eight years earlier.
Orginally optioned by Julian Caine of Caine Entertainment.
Click "New York and a Day" to read the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
A writer of serial killer biographies' life takes a bizarre twist when his new subject discloses a set of grisly murders that he was never convicted for which turns out to have ties to the writer's own life.
Click "Master Darkness" to read the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
A couple traveling home for Christmas experience the night from hell when they take a shortcut near the house of a reclusive killer.
Click "Rural Route"to read the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
A funeral director in heavy debt employs a man with extremely bad luck to boost his funeral business.
Click "Zunderland" to read the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
On the run from a killer mobster, a three time loser bumps into an assortment of eccentric characters on one wild night in Las Vegas.
Click "The Strip" to read the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
A Hollywood producer makes a film similar to the murder of his wife to draw out the person who committed the crime.
Written for Julian Caine of Caine Entertainment.
Click "Facade" to read the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
Written for Richard Kerrigan.
An FBI agent and an Eskimo warrior must stop a mythic figure before he gains the powers to start the next ice age.
Click "The Ice King" to read the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
My newest screenplay:
In the future, the wildlife lands are depleted and a new style theme park is created by a mysterious billionaire for hunters to track and kill big game. But this futuristic park comes with a catch as the hunters soon find out the animals are genetically altered and smarter than they are. The hunters find themselves the hunted by their prey.
Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
A Glengarry Glen Ross parody about four pea salesmen competing against each other for the Wiggly account.
Click "Wiggly, Piggly Wiggly" to read the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
A man's quest to get the perfect piece of apple pie leads him to a diner filled with nostalgic characters.
Click "Apple Pie and Asylum" to read the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
I joined Trigger Street sometime ago, but only recently started reviewing the screenplays. I can say it has made my own writing a lot better. Give it a try. It might be the writing boost you need. My sceen name on the street is Shortkill.
I subscribe to the two best Screenwriting Magazines: Creative Screenwriting and Script Magazine. They provide essential information for aspiring and experienced screenwriters.
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In Memory of My Wonderful Sister Julie Atwater On September 30, 2005, my sister Julie passed away from breast cancer. She was a brave and optimistic soul. Here is a picture of my wonderful sister Julie. There was no better person in my life. Kind. Considerate. I love you, girl. For information about breast cancer, visit The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and breastcancer.org.
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