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After the operation I wake up with my throat singed from ether. I struggle to wipe its taste from my lips, but both arms are tied to the hospital bed. My legs and chest are wrapped in plaster. I was once a ten-year-old boy. This is my last day as a child.

Drama,Funny,Young Adult,Family,Memoir,Political,Religious,Children's

A late spring California day finds me mowing the lawn, a chore I’d never finish. Searing pain sends me to the ground, to bed, and eventually, to three hospitals. I endure spinal taps, countless needle pokes, and my first operation. I wake up in a body cast.

Southern California

Yes

Internal Journey/Rebirth,Quest

Coming of Age,Meaningful Message,Philosophical Questions,Twist

Substance Abuse

Name: Tony

Age: Ten, aging to eighteen

Gender: Male

Role: Protagonist

Key Traits: Adventurous,Complex,Desperate,Empathetic,Funny,Skillful,Religious,Charming,Insecure,Heroic,Underdog,Lone Wolf,Strong Moral Code,Secretive,Sarcastic

Name: Father

Age: Thirty-two

Gender: Male

Role: Antagonist

Key Traits: Religious,Secretive,Lone Wolf

Name: Mother

Age: Thirty-one

Gender: Female

Role: emotional

Key Traits: Selfless,Empathetic,Funny,Faithful,Sexy,Confident

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Tony Gonzalez earned his first writing award for the novella Short Order while studying theatre in college. He also gained playwriting experience there when his original musical Shakespeare’s a Bore, was performed, earning great reviews as well as fostering a love of comedic writing. Moving on from college, he was awarded a fellowship to study acting with Margo Albert. He became a member of the Plaza De La Raza Players, studied at Lincoln Park and toured throughout the Los Angeles area. He soon gained professional status by becoming a member of Actors’ Equity. This proved to be a very rewarding experience that included traveling to San Diego and being involved with the Los Angeles Music Center’s performance of A Christmas Carol. As other opportunities developed, Jacque Faure, an associate of then Los Angeles mayor, Tom Bradley, took Tony’s two-act play Life Minus E to a run at Guy Stockwell’s Stage II Theatre on Melrose Avenue. Around this time he received an award from the American Song Festival for his song Never Loved Before. His recent writing awards include the International Film Competition Festival’s Silver Award for Yonder. Other awarded screenplays include The Piano Gospel, which is a 2018 finalist in the Kairos Prize Award for spiritually uplifting screenplays as well as best screenplay in the Christian Film Festival and finalist status in many other film festivals, including: The Page Awards and Fresh Voices. Additionally, his screenplay “Damascus” earned recognition in the International Family and Faith Screenwriting competition. Tony has produced and written television commercials for the caregiving community in Reno, Nevada as well as performed as on-air talent for local music station, KUUB. He is currently working on an 80,000 word piece of non-fiction with renowned author/editor Lisa Dale Norton. Plans are in the works for a digital comedy series, Pudgy’s Place.

Age: 13-17,55+,18-34,35-54

Target Gender: Universal

Historians

Status: No

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