He wrote an adaptation for film of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio that I greatly admire. Here it is.
WINESBURG, OHIO
A Screenplay
Based on the novel by Sherwood Anderson
FADE IN:
EXT. WINESBURG – MAIN STREET – NIGHT
SUPER: Winesburg, Ohio, 1900s
The town is still.
A flatbed wagon, driven by a MAN, 50s, upsets the stillness.
He’s chugging whiskey from a bottle.
The Man laughs and toasts the local church as he passes it.
The night-watchman HOP HIGGINS, a grizzled man in his 50s, finishes lighting a nearby lamp and watches the wagon pass.
The driver toasts him as well.
DRIVER
All’s well, Hop Higgins, All’s well!
At the end of Main Street the wagon passes a rickety hotel.
The driver waves at the sign out front that reads “New Willard House.”
The wagon passes the edge of town and the man takes a chug and whips the horses.
A train whistle blows in the distance.
The man whips the horses harder and harder, accelerating into the night.
The train whistle gets louder and louder.
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