My name is Mark Atwater. I've been working on the craft of screenwriting for over ten years. I've written twelve screenplays and optioned three of them and written two works for hire. I can be reached at mark@markatwater.com.
An aspiring artist tries to shake his mob ties and uncovers a painting that opens a doorway to another realm.
Click "Peter Seven" to download 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 "Shortkill" to download 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 download 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.
Originally optioned by Julian Caine of Caine Entertainment.
Click "New York and a Day" to download 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 download the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
Rural Route is a horror story about a couple stranded by a winter storm who encounter a reclusive killer and a snowplow on autopilot as they try and survive the night.
Click "Rural Route" to download the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
A dark comedy about a heavily indebted funeral director who employs a man with very bad luck to boost his business.
Click "Stiff Luck" to download 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 download 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 download the screenplay. Registered with The Writers Guild of America.
Think Journey to the Center of the Earth mixed with Star Trek.
Written for Richard Kerrigan.
Click "Diggers" to download the screenplay.
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 download 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.
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Just one guy's quest to unlock the mysterious art of storytelling on screen at Rage Against the Page. Get up to date information about screenwriters and screenplays at Screenwriting News.
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.
