Dan's Desk

I’m Dan Blanks, a retired software engineer living in Silicon Valley. I like to post blogs, stories, essays, photos, and commentary on topical issues.

During the Fall of 2025, I took a course in Writing for Film and Television at West Valley Community College. Here are some scripts that came out of that effort.

Hindsight is a comic book or animated feature script. Lester desperately wants to become a superhero. But before he can proceed, an unusual visitor brings a dire warning…

One day, I overheard a group of students chatting after class about their film production. They were soooo enthused about their work. Where there’s passion, there’s a story. Parker Grove was the result.

The Long Summer resulted from a writing prompt: “Dawson’s Creek if Dawson was gay.” Challenge accepted!