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Destiny Macon
(Founder)
Destiny Macon is screenwriter, director, and civil engineer who graduated from the University of South Carolina, the SC Film Commission’s Wide Angle Program, and UCLA’s screenwriting graduate program. In 2020, she launched Hush Girl Productions, LLC and won a ~$30,000 grant from the Indie Grants program to fund her short film, Talk Black, which was a finalist in ABFF's HBO short film showcase and is streaming on Max. The screenplay for Talk Black (the feature) was a winner in ScreenCraft’s 2023 comedy competition, was awarded the Sloan Writing Fellowship Award through the Athena Film Festival lab, and participated in the New York Stage and Film's filmmaker workshop. Her screenwriting how-to manual, Weird People Cool Concepts, is currently available as a paperback and a Kindle E-book on Amazon.com. She is developing several features & TV pilots and recently directed the surreal romance, Abysmal, a short film that is now making its way through the film festival circuit.
screenwriting book
Available in Kindle and Paperback formats!!!
With the skills you learn in Weird People, Cool Concepts you’ll be able to rid yourself of writer’s block and get your creative juices flowing!
The writer and director of TALK BLACK, Destiny Macon, guides you through the process of drafting a complex and compelling screenplay that will not only exist in the confines of your computer but will go out into the world and resonate with audiences all over!
Weird People, Cool Concepts is a toolkit that will prepare you to overcome procrastination, self-doubt, and inconsistent work ethic to finally finish your screenplay. There are a gazillion books about screenwriting, but this book is really about you. It's about looking within and using your own experiences as inspiration and fuel to push forward. You'll learn how to:
Discover your unique voice and the stories that only you can tell
Create multi-dimensional characters and storylines that pop off the page
Brainstorm in such a constructive way that once you start writing, the script seems like it's writing itself
Understand story structure so you can use it or defy it while keeping your script engaging from start to finish
Write your character's actions and words as organically as it would be if you were documenting a real person
Apply feedback to future drafts without having a breakdown or writing someone else's idea of your story
Destiny Macon's unique perspective of being a black woman, a mother, an ex-engineer, and a filmmaker working outside of Hollywood will inspire you to get started no matter where you are in life and pursue your passion relentlessly!
what HGP offers …
WRITING SERVICES
SCRIPT CONSULTATION
What in the world do COPYWRITING and SCREENWRITING have in common? We’ll tell you;
Both require the writer to use the least words possible to engage readers
Great COPYWRITING compels customers to purchase products & services
Great SCREENWRITING compels studios to purchase the script or put up $$ to make a movie
Both require creativity, simplicity, and clarity
Copywriting is meant to be conversational ~ Dialogue can make or break a screenplay
CLIENT VIDEOS
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CLIENT VIDEOS 〰️
Biggier Brains: Overcoming Procrastination
Bigger Brains: At Home Time Management
“Talk Black” Short film -
Written By: Destiny Macon
Now Streaming on HBO Max!
Starring: Mystie Smith & Sh’Kia Augustin
Writer/Director: Destiny Macon
Cinematographer: Jackson Eagan
Production Manager: Jonathan Baty
Casting Director: Matthew Sefick
A FEW OF OUR FILMS ~
A timid engineer develops a wild and expressive split personality to help her speak up to the boy's club at work.
An eccentric artist tries to create his elusive art piece amidst peer pressures, a strained relationship with his father, and the animate fabric that tries to escape him.
A young girl eager to find independence, despite her mother’s wishes, is abducted from her graduation party.
OLDER PROJECTS ~
A fearful young doctor with deferred dreams becomes
trapped in a laboratory and finds solace with
female mirage.
A reclusive army wife becomes obsessed with the mechanical boy toy her husband purchases her prior to going overseas.
LOCKS & LIES:
A habitual liar loses her job and tries to lie her way back into employment… until she realizes that for every lie she tells she loses a lock of hair.