First blog post. Just trying to figure out how this all works.
Doug Van Doren
What can I say? I’m a screenwriter. I’ve been at it my whole adult life, but just hadn’t really put much effort into doing it professionally. I sold / optioned a couple of projects to a couple of big name actors & their production companies a while back, and I wrote and produced a film that sold to HBO and Warner Bros. too, but always had other professional creative & writing endeavors.
I started out as a talent agent at a major agency, and then moved to a major studio to work for a production company, and screenwriting was always kind of a fun outlet while I made a successful living doing all that other stuff, as well as other kinds of writing & creative work.
But now, after a lot of work at it (and I’m ALWAYS working at it), I’ve realized I should probably do something with all this, and that I genuinely have something valuable to say, so here goes. I’m in LA and been here a while and love it, so if smart, compelling, well-written, socially relevant high-concept horror/sci-fi is your jam, let’s talk.