Making an Impression
As a child, I quickly discovered that to make an impression on a new friend, I needed to tell an interesting story. I found that people remembered good stories about people more than they remembered the people themselves. Over time, I cultivated an ability where every experience (good, bad, or indifferent, or even boring) could be retold with some drama. This was how I connected with people – it was my superpower!
Eventually, my dramatic exaggeration skills, aka “story-telling”, found a home in writing. A good story makes random facts interesting and memorable while also offering a connection. Above all, a good story entertains.
I’m a published writer, award-winning screenwriter, blogger, entrepreneur, management consultant, and seasoned business executive. Raised in NJ, I’ve become a Texan after living and raising a family here for the last two decades.
Over the last few years, I have focused more on writing features and pilots. In 2023, my feature, A TRAIL OF DIAMONDS, was selected as ISA Semi-Finalist, Action and Action, Feature and selected for the Coverfly Red List for Adventure. Previously, my one-hour drama pilot, Diamond Legacies, became a 2022 Stowe Story Labs Selected Project and a 2021 Austin Film Festival (AFF) Second Rounder. My other feature screenplays have all been award-winning.
My microfiction has recently been featured in the The Corona Silver Linings Anthology. My short stories have been featured on the 6 sentences, A Long Story Short, the Wanderlust Journal, theSame, and Static Movement. You can find my short novella, The Beach Getaway, which chronicles four childhood friends on a unique trip, on Amazon. See my writing portfolio.
Also, be sure to check out my motivational blog that uses movie scenes to talk about self-help issues. You can SUBSCRIBE to receive periodic unpublished creative, and published non-fiction pieces that I send out to my audience.
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Roopal Badheka
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