REDEMPTION is hands down the best love story I have ever read... with surprises that keep on coming. Melanie Mayron, Actress, Director, Writer
THIS IS A SCRIPT, NOT A NOVEL.
In 2001 Patricia Burroughs was awarded a prestigious "Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting" by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. The script, "Redemption," is an adaptation of her first published novel, La Desperada, previously titled "What Wild Ecstasy."
By making this script available as a supplement to her book, "Adapting Your Novel Into an Award-Winning Script (And...
REDEMPTION is hands down the best love story I have ever read... with surprises that keep on coming. Melanie Mayron, Actress, Director, Writer
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