kpetrakis01

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When a teenager discovers her identical twin, she convinces her to swap lives so she may discover the whereabouts of their missing father.

December 30, 2019
An awkward, shy and self-conscious woman must learn to dance salsa with her old crush, for her best friend’s wedding

December 27, 2019
When teenage twins raised on different sides of the track, discover each other, they decide to swap lives temporarily, just to get a taste of what seems a better life but only one wants to return back.

October 11, 2019
A struggling Aborginal widow is determined to make her 4 bi-racial daughters into a huge international girl band to guarantee they’ll never see poverty again.

October 6, 2019
In order to progress through heaven’s gates,? ghosts must pay penance by returning to earth and helping the people they hurt.

October 5, 2019
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In an Australian offshore detention centre, a Syrian army medic refugee and her daughter fight for a visa to Australia despite the corrupt authorities and building tensions between the refugees.

May 7, 2019
When a cop is killed during her last con, the Chinese-Australian suspect finds herself hiding out in a small conservative town in NSW where she takes the persona of a Chinese Medicine healer but finds herself healing the town and herself.

May 7, 2019
When the wise Chancellor of Thilikos – a matriarchal desert city,- dies unexpectedly, Indigo is thrust into the new role and must find a way to secure her country’s continued existence despite impending war, a global virus epidemic and rebellion by the Council and her citizens.

May 7, 2019
When her prestigious legal firm goes under for corruption, a successful lawyer finds herself reliving her troubled childhood when she reluctantly accepts a job as legal aid family court lawyer.

May 7, 2019
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In the 1960’s, when her Greek village is devastated by drought, a teenage girl’s parents force her to migrate to Sydney Australia to marry a stranger and bring them prosperity but finds both racism and friendship, opportunities and mistreatment.

May 7, 2019

on When his big brother goes missing in the wilderness, an anxious high-school senior heads into the wild to find him… accompanied by his brother’s ghost

We could just remove the details of the ghost. When his brother is goes missing in the wild, an over anxious high schooler teams up with a ghost to find him before it's too late.
on A crisis manager by day and citizen journalist by night is recruited by a vigilante mob to expose the corporation he is paid to protect.

A journalist follows a lead from a credible source that claims his father's corporation has been illegally erasing people's memories. So does this imply that by bringing down the corporation, he will lose everything as well? Does he not…
on A homeless man combating substance abuse dedicates his battle with HIV to his brother who allegedly died in the Iraq war. His efforts are guided and nourished by the unrivaled generosity of a female passerby who seeks to help him out from week to week — but as time grows and grows, so does his reliance on her.

How about: After the death of his brother, a homeless man fights against his own substance abuse and failing health before it's too late.
on When a misogynistic Indian husband loses his IT job, he is forced to work in a team reporting to his wife in her organisation, to pay for mortgage. ★ Accepted

One little thing that may add is to specify what his wife's company is - for example - is it some sort of feminine manufacturing product, or cleaning service or something that would also conflict with his conception of being…
on On the verge of taking his own life, a detective will have to get back on his feet to investigate the disappearance of his neglected daughter

What if he had been fired from his job, so no resources? Did the kidnapper send him a personal message - ie is her disappearance his fault from an old case? How old is his daughter?? Why is he suicidal…
on A social progressive born on the brink of twentieth century America struggles to form and maintain the ACLU throughout the World Wars while coming to terms with his own ethically dubious past

I love historical stories but this is what I need to know. So he's a 20th century American who creates the ACLU (had to look it up),? but struggles to maintain it because of his past? Because of supremists?? Because…
on When a talented teenage pianist wins a scholarship to Julliard, he must convince his parents, outlaw militant radicals, to let him come out of hiding and join the normal world.

So how did he learn piano and how did he audition? Do they just live an isolated life or in a bunker? i like the contrast in worlds though question how they've worked so far. Does he go to school…
on In order to progress through heaven’s gates,? ghosts must pay penance by returning to earth and helping the people they hurt.

I was actually thinking more family-like? /tween level. Like bullies going back to help the kids of the people they bullied? by going back to high school. The idea was to empathetic by being forcing them to be like the…
on After an 18 year-old Russian Jew sends his family to Ellis Island but must remain behind because of the 1924 U.S. immigration quota law, his 5-year journey in Europe and Latin America forces him to come of age and finally dare to cross illegally in El Paso, TX to reunite with his family.

I guess the focus is on this young man who had to find a way to join his family, with no resources, at a time where Jews were not widely accepted? alone?? It sounds like a great story but I…
on When a transgender black woman kills a mentally ill murderer, she is put on trial for life, the jury, who vary from rich to poor to caring to prejudiced,? are caught up in a spiral of grey areas – and a case that exposes the increasingly mad world they live in.

I'm guessing that the transgender description should have some significance or why put it in there. Maybe evidence points to male and transgender person says it's impossible as he/she is a woman. Tell me why that's important in playing out…

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