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Lara Margaret Marjerrison Resume
Creative Experience
2020 - Present
Screenwriter | Producer
The Dollhouse (Writer) | Currently in Development
The Virgin's Promise (Writer) | Round 1 Selection NYC Midnight Screenwriting Challenge 2026 | Nominee, Venice Shorts 2026 | Quarter-Finalist, Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards 2026 | Official Selection, Best Comedy Short Screenplay, Austin After Dark Film Festival Fall 2026 | Official Selection, Toronto International Short Film Awards Fall 2026
Heartstrings (Writer) | WINNER: Best Screenplay, Hollywood Just4Shorts Competition, August 2026
Crossroads (Writer, Executive Producer) | Firecracker Department x Canadian Film Festival Comedy Igniter 2025 | 100% female cast & crew
2023 - 2024
Podcast Producer | Host
Inside Stories: People in Places Podcast | 21-Episode Series: The People of Reset
Lifelong
Writer - Published Works
photograhic memories and acidic flashbacks | LIVED: Childhood, Vol 1, Issue 3, Fall/Winter 2022, Magazine
grief & loss & love & sex | Indigo Press, 2019, Trade Paperback and eBook
Faith Will Be Required | Midlife on Fire (Anthology), Toronto, Restless Spirit Productions, 2021, Kindle, Trade Paperback
Haiku | Chennai, Arts Illustrated, April 30, 2021 Edition, Magazine
Faith Will Be Required | Prosperity Cafe Blog, May 14, 2020
Healing Words | Indigo Inspired Blog, January 29, 2019, (reissue) January 29, 2020
Breaking the Pattern: How I Recover | She Does The City Blog, December 18, 2017
Professional Development
2013 - Present
Relevant Training
Self-Study (Ongoing): Save the Cat by Blake Snyder, The Virgin's Promise by Kim Hudson, The Hollywood Standard 3rd Edition by Christopher Riley, Your Cut-To is Showing by TJ Alex, Masterclasses by Aaron Sorkin and Shonda Rhimes
Liesl Lafferty Scriptwriting Workshop 2025
Jessica Blank Character-Based Storytelling, 2020
The Podcasting Workshop, Akimbo, with Seth Godin and Alex DiPalma, 2019
Improv Your Acting Theatre Conservatory, 2018-2019
Black Isle Group Speaking Coaching, 2014, 2016, 2018
High Stakes Storytelling Intensive, 2017
Jupiter J. Makins Scriptshop, 2013
2019 - Present
Professional Affiliations
Writer’s Union of Canada, 2019 to Present
The Firecracker Department, 2019 to Present
Script Reader, Female Voices Rock Film Festival, 2020, 2021, 2022