(Last updated: 4 January 2026).
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What a way to welcome the new year, 2026, with a new screenplay first completed 3 January 2026. It is called Charlie Chan Island Mystery.
The lead character, Charlie Chan, is a throwback to the Honolulu detective made famous mainly in films of the 1930s and early 1940s. He is the product of novelist Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933).
Over the next 12 years I intend to follow up by writing to the following titles:
Charlie Chan Cruise Mystery;
Charlie Chan Mansion Mystery;
Charlie Chan Train Mystery;
Charlie Chan Carnival Mystery;
Charlie Chan Caribbean Mystery;
Charlie Chan Honolulu Mystery.
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(Last updated: 4 January 2026).
LATEST NEWS
What a way to welcome the new year, 2026, with a new screenplay first completed 3 January 2026. It is called Charlie Chan Island Mystery.
The lead character, Charlie Chan, is a throwback to the Honolulu detective made famous mainly in films of the 1930s and early 1940s. He is the product of novelist Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933).
Over the next 12 years I intend to follow up by writing to the following titles:
Charlie Chan Cruise Mystery;
Charlie Chan Mansion Mystery;
Charlie Chan Train Mystery;
Charlie Chan Carnival Mystery;
Charlie Chan Caribbean Mystery;
Charlie Chan Honolulu Mystery.
These will be interspersed with other titles. For example, having yesterday (3 January 2026) finished Charlie Chan Island Mystery, my next project is to complete Howlingween 6: Wrong Turn, which I began months ago, and restarted writing a few weeks ago in tandem with Charlie Chan Island Mystery.
I have this belief that 2026 and beyond are going to be exciting years for outsider screenwriters.
MY STORY AS A SCREENWRITER
I became a hobbyist screenwriter in 2007 when I purchased version 7 of Final Draft. I’ve since completed 14 screenplays and one pilot for TV or for a streaming service.
I have completed 15 scripts (14 screenplays and one pilot for a series).
My 15 scripts (in alphabetical order) are:
Charlie Chan Island Mystery ("Welcome back, Charlie Chan") FIRST COMPLETED 3 JANUARY 2026;
Counterchance (“Sometimes bad things happen”) REVISED 31 DECEMBER 2024;
Glorious Revolution (“Unintended consequences writ-large”) REVISED 10 JANUARY 2025;
Howlingween (“A road trip to hell”) REVISED 24 DECEMBER 2024;
Howlingween 2: Clarry the Clown (“Island paradise of horror”) REVISED 25 DECEMBER 2024;
Howlingween 3: Red River County (“Unforgiving beggar”) REVISED 27 DECEMBER 2024;
Howlingween 4: Beastly Mist (“sprays won’t work on these insects”) REWRITTEN 28 DECEMBER 2024;
Howlingween 5: Trip Along (“A child’s dream is another’s real-life nightmare”) REVISED 28 DECEMBER 2024;
Kuga’s Way (pilot) (“An intelligent canine searches for its mentor”) REVISED 13 JANUARY 2025;
Not Over Yet (“Sometimes the past does catch up to you”) FIRST COMPLETED 23 JANUARY 2025 REVISED TWICE 14 FEBRUARY 2025;
On Board (“A traditional who-done-it mystery”) THOROUGHLY REVISED 7 JANUARY 2025;
Once Young (“Love-struck teenagers”) REVISED 9 JANUARY 2025;
Splendid Isolation ("Life and death in remote Alaska”) REVISED 2 JANUARY 2025;
Twelve Less (“Teenagers in existential trouble”) REVISED 30 DECEMBER 2024;
We Were Young Once (“Weren’t we all?”) REVISED 4 JANUARY 2025.
Thank you for taking the time to read my brief biography as a screenwriter.
(PS Error spotted today [4 January 2026] in Howlingween 5: Trip Along. BELLE: "But it's 2025, not 2025" should read "But it's 2025, not 2026". Amazing this one error escaped me when I revised Howlingween 5: Trip Along at least a dozen times in late 2024. Upon discovering it, I became embarrassed. It's small errors like that which undermine the credibility of a writer in the eyes of many readers. Many other readers will forgive but even those forgiving will never quite -- perhaps subconsciously -- read with that same level of confidence in giving themselves over to the storytelling. My response to the error was to immediately correct it, make a PDF file and upload it to Script Revolution -- all done in minutes. I didn't bother looking for other errors: that one error was enough for me to take action. Many will find it hard to believe how upset I became over that one error. What made it worse was that it occurred in the first few pages; had it occurred much later, the damage may not have been as bad since by that time the reader may have gained enough confidence in the storytelling [assuming in the interim no other errors are spotted[ and thus may be more inclined to let go of the error).
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