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Mere Walton
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She/Her #PreWGA
Novelist/Screenwriter
"It all begins with family."
Stowe Story Labs 2023, #NaughtyList2024, Page Awards
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Poster of a log cabin advertising a new feature script, Thankful in Stowe by Mere Walton.
October 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Mere Walton is inducted into the Independent Writers Caucus Mere has been selected as a member of the prestigious professional organization The Independent Writers Caucus. Mere submitted her new Dramedy Feature GOTTA DANCE! which scored 7/8's on the Blacklist. The film is about a writer who realizes her roommate is a ghost, so she helps the former dancer fulfill her last wish and jitterbug into the afterlife.
September 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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#FirstPageFriday My first time following the Hallmark Nine act structure...there's only 97 days till Christmas but you can be THANKFUL IN STOWE all year long.
#FirstPageFriday My first time following the Hallmark Nine act structure...there's only 97 days till Christmas but you can be THANKFUL IN STOWE all year long.
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Loving these 7's and 8's!
Download via The Blacklist: blcklst.com/dashboard/pr...
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Movie poster of a lamppost, umbrella for GOTTA DANCE! A feature film script, by Mere Walton. GOTTA DANCE is a wonderfully enjoyable time that explores identity and legacy through an escapist lens. Emily honoring her grandmother's legacy is a powerful enough tool that drives the story's emotional core. Emily feels almost plucked from real life thanks to the depth that goes into her construction. We understand so much about her immediately when she responds to her father "Janice is not my mother" - the pain and bitterness of loss that festers inside of her. The writing nicely fleshes out Rita and Cheryl's relationship, and we get windows into their delicate nature ("Did Joseph hurt you?" is a real potent moment, and we don't dismiss it as rhetoric). The writing does a great job with richer supporting roles (Joseph sweet-talking Melanie on page 33 is great character work). The mood and tone are well-balanced, which helps with the pacing. We can see the world-building skills of the writer through the 1950s era, which helps explore Cheryl and Rita's bond. This is a testament to the setting being so densely textured, which also helps pacing because the writing doesn't overindulge in details and nostalgia. The story has an escapist, Amblin vibe to it, and it would not be unfathomable for this to land at a likeminded production company/studio (21 Laps, 2.0, Amblin, Bad Robot, 6th & Idaho, Alcon, etc). The writer is talented, and as a writing sample, this is the type of story that gets a writer on lists, and it could lead to pitching development executives on their open writing assignments.
September 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Got some Blacklist scores...
Description/Reaction to scores from the Blacklist.
August 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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When Brad's wife and mistress join forces to kill him, they're forced to rely on each other.
Gone Girl X The Housemaid
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A poster for LIAR, LIAR, HE'S On FIRE When Brad's wife and mistress join forces to kill him, they're forced to rely on each other. Gone Girl X The Housemaid
August 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Grateful for a fourth year placement in the PAGE awards, third time as a semi-finalist. Congrats to all who placed. #scriptsky #scriptsky+ #5amwritersclub
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August 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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BOB'S FRIENDS: When a man is sick, five acquaintances care for his dog Bob, who shepherds the humans into a family. #FirstPageFriday #scriptsky
BOB'S FRIENDS: When a man is sick, five acquaintances care for his dog Bob, who shepherds the humans into a family. #FirstPageFriday
July 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Thank you for making me a two-time QF @PAGEawards
Family script - OFF COURSE
Drama - THE RUNNYMEDE PLAYHOUSE.
Both scripts available via Coverfly: writers.coverfly.com/profile/writ...
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Thank you for making me a two-time QF @PAGEawards Family script - OFF COURSE Drama - THE RUNNYMEDE PLAYHOUSE. Both scripts available via Coverfly: https://writers.coverfly.com/profile/writer-8c75d421e-88991 or ISA: https://www.networkisa.org/profile/user_preview/1066617
July 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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First page of a screenplay.
June 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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From my new family feature, The Perfect Pair. A spirit must help her granddaughter write and produce a musical in order to move to the afterlife.
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First page of a screenplay
May 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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I've learned so much during #RoadmapConference2025 and I'm thrilled to be a pitch finalist with these fine folks! 👇
The finalists (in no particular order) are: Joseph Velazquez Ash Willeby James Murphy Laurel Gans Mere Walton Jared Delaney Dani Hanks Heidi Lauren Duke Christopher Dole Gayle Jackson Jim Wurst Brooke Hemphill For the purpose of the finale, we will timing everyone's pitches to about 3 minutes. Good luck, and we'll see you all on the finale in about 45 minutes!
April 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Thrilled to make the list with so many talented writers!
"Off Course" In this updated version of 'The Swiss Family Robinson' by Johann Wyss, two families crash into an island and must survive each other while braving the elements.
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A laurel for second round placement in the ISA's Fast Track Fellowship.
March 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Fingers crossed for good things! @networkisa.bsky.social #scriptsky #screenwriting #5amwritersclub
Third 'In Consideration' this month for author/screenwriter Mere Walton!
February 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Happy to make the list!
OFF COURSE: An updated version of 'The Swiss Family Robinson' by Johann Wyss, two families crash into an island and must survive each other while braving the elements.
2X PAGE SF 23/24, CoverflyRedList,
'In Consideration' for two @networkisa.bsky.social Writing Gigs
Happy to make the list! OFF COURSE: An updated version of 'The Swiss Family Robinson' by Johann Wyss, two families crash into an island and must survive each other while braving the elements. 2X PAGE SF 23/24, CoverflyRedList, 'In Consideration' for two @NetworkISA Writing Gigs
February 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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LFG! Two "In Considerations" for OFF COURSE/THE NON-SWISS ADVENTURES OF THE FAMILIES ROBINSON!
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LFG! Two "In Considerations" for OFF COURSE/THE NON-SWISS ADVENTURES OF THE FAMILIES ROBINSON! #familyfeaturescript https://www.networkisa.org/my-projects
February 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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My short stories and novels come from dreams, yet I write family-friendly features to watch with my family...does anyone else have similar problems? #scriptsky
Description of rankings on Coverfly's red list for a horror short story and a family feature. Description of ranking on Coverfly's Red List
February 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Congrats to all the Quarterfinalist or top 15% of 1200 entries and my short story - A NIGHTIME VISIT
Logline: When a murder occurs on her street, a local busy body learns more about her neighbors than she ever wanted to know.
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Made Quarterfinalist or top 15% of 1200 entries with my short story - A NIGHTIME VISIT and putting it on the Red List-
February 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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#scriptsky Congrats to all the QF! Excited to make the list!
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Congratulations Quarter Finalists in the Stage 32 Family Friendly Screenwriting Contest
February 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW6MMC5K

Thankful to my readers.

February is my month to turn this original IP into a screenplay! What are you working on this month? #scriptsky
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW6MMC5K Thankful to my readers. February is my month to turn this original IP into a screenplay! What are you working on this month?
January 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Thanks to it's placement in the @screencrafting
Cinematic Prose Competition my horror short story is on the Red List. Maybe I'm not meant to write only family features?
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A Nightime Visit is on Coverfly's Red List for Screenwriting
January 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Cheers to 2025! #scriptsky
Sun streaming through a cloudy sky over water in the winter.
January 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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So honored to be included on the #2024NaughtyList with EBBIE SCROOGE, a family feature.
So honored to be included on the #2024NaughtyList with EBBIE SCROOGE, a family feature.
December 16, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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I was awfully chuffed to see this last week!
Off Course/The Non-Swiss Adventures of the Families Robinson is now In Consideration by the Independent Screenwriter's Association
December 16, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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Ash has us writing poetry now? Feels good. Thanks.
Bone tired walking hours on blistered feet a teenage mother wavers in the street. Resolute, she approaches the brightly lit inn, gripping her belly – whispers over the din, “Is there room for me to pass the night?” “Get on with you! You’re a disgusting sight!” Turning, the girl returns to the street, from an alley, a voice whispers - an entreat. “Go round to the back. There’s a warm place to sleep.” Exhausted, scared, she slowly creeps- to a barn infused with a prism of light. Tiptoeing in she’s greeted with the sight of twenty women huddled, in the same state as her. Scooting over, an ancient woman pats the fur of the few blankets they’ve all chosen to share. “We’re all carriers of that bastard’s heirs. Sisters united in our despair- no medicine, no home, no food to eat- tonight we share comfort despite our defeat- all too soon we’ll be back on the street.” The youngest by a decade, the girl nods her head, Lowers her full body to the floor – and sleeps like the dead. No reaction when the ancient woman inserts a metal chip in her ear- “These young ones are too naïve to recognize fear- the ages we had rights, controlled our own destiny- now we’re forced to inhabit the dreams of man’s ancestry.”
December 14, 2024 at 7:47 PM