Lizzie Finn Writes

“I believe in the transformative and

curative powers of storytelling.”

Lizzie Finn

screenwriter / director / producer

script consultant / creativity coach

I am fascinated by human behavior, neuroscience, spirituality, and trauma healing.

At the heart of all my stories are complex, wounded characters who undergo significant psychological and spiritual growth.

I possess certificates in Happiness Studies and Gateless Writing.

READ: The Screenwriter’s Guide to Trauma and Childhood Wounds

finnlizzie23@yahoo.com

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About Me

A New Jersey native, Lizzie Finn-- writer, director, and producer—launched her career in the East Coast independent film scene. She filled a myriad of crew roles (script supervisor, assistant director, assistant editor) on films produced by Kevin Smith’s View Askew Productions (A Better Place, Big Helium Dog, Vulgar) and was hired by Tapestry TV as a segment writer on Discovery’s Emmy-winning educational series Greatest Inventions with Bill Nye. Lizzie is currently the Development Director for Last Stop Productions and has several projects (shorts, features, TV pilots) slated for production.

As a script consultant/creativity coach, Lizzie uses the Gateless Writing methodology to nurture each writer's intuitive gifts and help them access the state of flow while decreasing writer’s block and resistance. In 2020, she launched a screenwriting academy at Project Write Now (a non-profit writing organization) in Red Bank, NJ, to provide education, support, and networking opportunities. Lizzie is also part of an innovative arts curriculum that brings screenwriting to middle school students.

Lizzie’s passion for storytelling comes from the desire to honor creativity as a conscious calling. Whether writing a supernatural horror story…a gritty coming-of-age drama…or a light-hearted holiday romcom, Lizzie aims to take the audience on an unexpected journey of self-discovery and enlightenment.

She lives at the Jersey Shore, where she can often be seen walking her dog at sunset, earning her the nickname “Sunset Woman.”

Scripts

Frozen Assets

Genre: Holiday / Romance

Format: Feature / TV Movie

Status: Available

When her billionaire husband is arrested for fraud, a glamorous, high-maintenance reality TV housewife returns to rural Pennsylvania at Christmastime, determined to quickly sell the family property to reclaim her place in high society. Despite her initial resistance to living a simple lifestyle, the housewife soon falls for the local handyman and discovers that family, community, Christmas spirit, and true love are more valuable than money, power, and status.

Semifinalist - Stage 32 First Annual Holiday Screenwriting Competition

A Countess for Christmas

Genre: Holiday / Rom-Com / Time Travel

Format: Feature / TV Movie

Status: Pitch

While visiting her family’s ancestral home in Bavaria during the holidays, INGRID LENZ, an aspiring horror screenwriter, is magically transported back to 1825. In a series of hilarious misadventures, she is thrust into the middle of her ancestor's legendary Hallmark-worthy romance —complete with a COUNTESS renouncing her title for love. Despite her purported disdain for sappy Rom-Coms, Ingrid finds herself falling for a COUNT and helping her great-great-grandmother escape her duty to pursue her fairytale destiny.

Relative Distance

Genre: Drama

Format: Feature / Theatrical

Status: Available

REBECCA BRENNAN begrudgingly embarks on a cross-country odyssey with her estranged alcoholic father, HARRY BRENNAN, in search of the half-sister she never knew existed. Along the way, Rebecca gains insight into her father's reckless past and begins to see him in a new light. But can they reconcile their differences and build toward a healthier future before it is too late?

Second Round Qualifier, Screenplay Competition / Austin Film Festival

The Curse of Snake Hill

Genre: Horror/Historical Drama

Format: Feature / Theatrical

Status: Available

When human remains are discovered on the land she is developing, an heiress -- who spent her entire life running from a legacy of mental illness and addiction-- must contend with real ghosts and reverse a deadly curse before she loses her family fortune, her sanity, and her life. Based on a true story.

2024 Fellowship Finalist Stowe Story Labs - NYX Horror Collective

Script Consulting

I provide script coverage using the Gateless Writing methodology. In Gateless Writing, we strive to generously build the writer up rather than tear the writing down. When we focus on genius, anything that is not working tends to fall away organically. It is from this position that the writer feels energized and is able to create more exciting work than they ever thought possible.

Gateless Writing is based on neuroscience. Studies show that creativity often comes to a screeching halt when self-protection (fight or flight) is activated by criticism or critique. Creative risk begins to feel dangerous, and the work becomes imitative rather than innovative. Often, the writer becomes blocked or stuck.

The goal of Gateless feedback is to deter resistance and encourage and support the state of flow.

I have been teaching an intensive year-long Screenplay Incubator program for four years and providing script coverage for over a decade. I know how to support writers so they cross the finish line, and stay true to their voice and vision.

Gateless Questions to Consider:

1.Where does the work have energy?

2. What words and ideas are particularly powerful and moving?

3. Where is the craft masterful and seamless?

4. Where is the writing/vision/voice unique?

5. Where does the narrator take risks with the writing?

Contact me to discuss your project.

Films