Welcome to Written by Leslie Sartor
How I Began:
Really, I started writing around the age of 4 when I told stories to my mother, who patiently wrote them down and then I got to illustrate them. (Now I'm being kind as they were scribbles, but age brings its own revisionist history.)
As an adult, I began my career writing romance and learned it was an excellent training ground for understanding the essential story elements of conflict and goal, characterization and pacing.
Adding the screenwriting medium to my repertoire has been challenging and rewarding. It's completely different, yet so much the same.
I've been fortunate to have as instructor and mentor, the well known screenwriter, Robert Gosnell. He suggested me as a candidate for writing the screen adaptation of a non-fiction book and my screenwriting career was born with Cry of the Dove.
On A Personal Note:
I was born in Germany and very lucky to be adopted by an American couple.
We lived in Germany for several years, then moved to California where my father was a scientist at the Rand Corporation. We moved to Colorado so he could continue his research at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and my mother could complete her MFA at the University of Colorado. She taught metalsmithing and jewelry design for years at a local college.
Under my parent's guidence and patience, I was able to be creative and nuture my "Lessie do it" attitude.
After college, I moved to LA but was lured back to Colorado with the promise of managing a new business where I worked along side my mother designing and creating beautiful jewelry. We were chosen by the University of Colorado to design and create their Ceremonial Mace and Presidential Chain of office. It's a wonderful legacy.
Now it's my desire to move onward in my career, writing stories that translate into magic on the screen and heartbeats on the page.
