Hillier Townsend
My Story from Twisted50 vol 1: Us
My Story from Twisted's Evil Little Sister: Dear Son
My Story from Twisted50 vol 2: Mumma Says
Favourite quote: ’It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’
- A Tale of Two Cities
I'm a grandmother and autism consultant and writer with a dark streak that gets wider by the year.
When life becomes unbearably peaceful, there's naught to do but descend into the underland where nasty things creep out of the corners and onto the page.
- "Us" Winner, Twisted50 vol. 1 for Create50
- "Dear Son” Winner, Twisteds' Evil Little Sister Create50
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"Hot Flash", award-winning coming-of-middle-age comedy (co-written with Nina Wishengrad), second Round, Austin Film Festival Screenplay & Teleplay
Competition
- "Best Ensemble Cast"
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Spotlight Award Short List, Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition
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Finalist, Laugh or Die Comedy Fest
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Finalist, Writers Lab
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Winner, Best Character Comedy, Broad Humor Film Festival
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Second Round, PAGE International Screenplay Awards
- Best Comedy, Just Effing Entertain Me Screenplay Competition
My Links: Facebook // Create50 profile // Good Reads Profile // Amazon Author // LinkedIn
My Twisted50 Blog Posts
Should I enter Twisted50 Vol2? By Hillier Townsend
Of course I went back for Round 2 of Create50's Twisted competition.
Who wouldn't, after the having such an unexpectedly positive experience with Round 1 (Twisted50 Vol1 and Twisted' Evil Little Sister)? Comradship, insightful feedback, and the many little horrors from other writers to read (preferably alone, in the dark, with the possibility of unnamed things sliding about in the attic) and comment on.
Where else can a writer find all this and a friendly entry fee as well?
The Twisted Core by Hillier Townsend
Huh.
I just realized that all the stories I've written thus far for the Twisted series, despite having different story lines, different characters, and different "voices", share a common theme: the
horrifying consequences of a person blindly fulfilling their needs at the expense of others.
The reasons “why” vary, too. In one of these stories, a mother is trapped in an addiction; in another, it's a producer's greed that sets off mass carnage; in a third, death and destruction result
when a former friend fully indulges his sadism.
What I Did On My Summer And Every Vacation And Many Late Nights Aka Discovering Create50 By Hillier Townsend
I came to the party (the party being submitting my writing to competitions) later than many. Despite having worked as a writer professionally for over 30 years and having written little stories and poems since I could first manage a pen.
Once at the party, my writing partner and I thought surely the screenplay we were submitting to budget-busting competitions would have judges whipping out their cells, conference-calling A-list Hollywood producers, directors and talent, and screaming 'You've GOT to do this picture!'.
We quickly learned that it is incredibly difficult to get noticed, let alone produced.