Cherry Ann Bigman, a novelty shop employee, hangs up her casual-sex shoes on a quest for true love. But when online dating leaves her battered, she unexpectedly finds herself in boxing gloves and Muay Thai shorts, channeling her love-life woes at an MMA gym. Head Block is an absurd rom-com about a dreamer manifesting a new life.

Head Block has received the following recognition:

• Award Winner for 2022 WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition
• Award Winner for 2023 100 Screenplays
• Runner Up for Best Feature Screenplay at 2023 Katra Film Series
• Finalist for 2022 Sasqwatch International Film Festival
• Finalist for 2023 Cordillera International Film Festival
• Finalist for 2022 Vancouver Badass Film Festival
• Semi-finalist for 2023 The Southern California Screenplay Competition
• Semi-finalist for 2022 27th Annual Fade In Awards Comedy Competition
• Semi-finalist for 2023 Creative Writing Awards
• Semi-Finalist for 2022 Screenplay Festival
• Quarter-finalist for 2023 New York International Screenplay Awards
• Quarter-Finalist for 2022 Vail Screenplay Contest

Here's what the LA Comedy Film & Screenplay Festival says about Head Block:
Head Block is the perfect execution of a story that has a female protagonist but borrows elements from mainly men-told stories to have a well-rounded and relatable story for all to enjoy. This story offers familiarity to audience members of all kinds as it features heterosexual, and homosexual relationships as well as characters with varying identities and sexual preferences. It balances Cherry Ann’s choices well, somewhere between her making all the right choices and her making all the wrong choices. This makes for a satisfying reading experience, rooting for a likable character that makes mistakes but eventually gets to where she needs to be. The climax and resolution are also perfectly written. Showing a female protagonist who is struggling with her dating life is a story opening that can skew towards a disappointing ending. Head Block does it right by showing Cherry Ann learning to let things come to her, not force love, and to put herself first. This teaches men, women, and all people that relationships and dating are not about you finding the right person, they’re about you finding yourself so that you can be the right partner for the right person. The plot and message behind this script are something to be proud of.

A couple, whose marriage teeters on the brink due to infidelity, split during a visit to Baltimore for Thanksgiving. Separated, their harrowing experiences leave them bruised and battered and teach them an unconventional secret of relationship longevity. Omissions is a campy thrill ride about the art of lying with a cast of jaded characters enchanted by dangerous rabbit holes.

Omissions has received the following recognition:

• Finalist for the Fall 2021 Portland Comedy Fillm Festival's Best Dark Comedy Feature Screenplay Award
• Finalist in Comedy for 2021 Screenplay Festival
• Honorable Mention in 2021 Vancouver Badass Film Festival
• Quarter-finalist in Comedy for 2021 Scriptation Showcase Script Competition
• Semi-finalist for 7th Edition of the International Screenwriting Competition
• Semi-finalist for 2023 Cordillera International Film Festival
• Semi-finalist for 2023 100 Screenplays
• Official Selection by LA Feedback Film & Screenplay Festival for a recorded reading and screenwriter interviews

Here's what the LA Feedback Film & Screenplay Festival says about Omissions: 
The Part One/Part Two is great and innovative for this type of particular love/relationship story. THEN to have Part 2 ½…so funny! The pacing is great and the comedic timing is perfect. We also have fully fleshed out characters, whether with our mains or our minor characters. It’s a great story about two people with some destructive behaviors – but still loving each other. Also a unique theme about how to make a marriage work… 
Noy’s character is great, in fact all the “minor” characters are. They serve the overall narrative and add layers to the story. The twist at the end with Noy is fantastic. Also, there are many beats throughout the screenplay to keep an audience on their toes.

Interview with LA Feedback Film & Screenplay Festival: 
https://matthewtoffolo.com/2022/07/28/interview-with-screenwriter-jessica-sadler-omissions/
 

irreverent is a short-story collection about rebellion, set primarily in Maryland, that examines not only disobedient people but also places and things rebelling. In irreverent, life doesn’t play out as planned, body parts revolt, objects stubbornly linger as reminders of freedom and youth, and abstract concepts like love twist into painful realities, while we remain disillusioned. 

I like modernizing the traditional haiku through contemporary subject matter and then superimposing them on photos to add more meaning to the reading experience.