John Bensink has written network movies-of-the-week and pilots. His teleplay A Whisper Kills was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award Best Television Feature. His produced titles include Moment Of Truth, My Very Best Friend, Every Mother's Worst Fear, A Mother's Revenge, Nightmare in Columbia County, Naked Lie. He is now working on a short story collection: Other People's Lives Are Easy. View all posts by John Bensink →
The world loves entertainment. But everybody also wants to get paid for it. 2,078 words. Illustration by John Donald Carlucci. “We should just let him in,” Greer said, watching the cop on their CCTV feed. “Oh, sure,” Hugo replied. “Just bring him right down and show him the whole setup.” But his tone wasn’t as […]
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A screenwriter uses every Hollywood trick to keep control over his project. 992 words. Illustration by John Donald Carlucci. “Averill, no. We cannot make Jennifer an alien.” “I didn’t mean alien, Zack. I meant… anything else.” “I’m not changing her.” “But now Jenny’s a—“ “I don’t know this Jenny. My character’s name is Jennifer. She […]
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A writer’s lost script is found decades later by people born after his last produced credit. 2,492 words. Illustration by John Donald Carlucci. This all started back before electronic submissions. Wilkerson had knocked out a beautiful script in three days that was a beautiful script. Wilkerson knew it was the best work he’d ever done. So […]
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