The Rose Wagon

From the time she was six years old Sandy knew she wanted to write for films, often sitting hours on end with a pen and notepad in hand. She began writing poetry and often left poems out for her father before he left in the early morning hours for work. Her first taste of writing professionally after having received her screen-writing degree was for a reality show that had came to New Castle in 2004 entitled "Small Town Scenario". The premise of the show focused on three small Indiana towns and their quest to write a script about their community. Sandy was selected as the co-writer for the New Castle group. Although the reality show was not picked up it motivated Sandy and she started focusing intently on her screen-writing. She participated in the 48 hr. film project out of Indianapolis, Indiana twice. The goal of the 48 hr. film project is for a film group to obtain a cast and crew, they are then given a topic and from there the group has 48 hrs. to complete a short film which would be available for theater viewing by the week's end. It was from there that Sandy learned discipline when it came to her screen-writing.