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WEIGHT OF THE WIND

WEIGHT OF THE WIND
By Hayden Bownds

GENRE: Science Fiction, Drama
LOGLINE:

A suicidal man is taken on a time traveling journey of self-discovery by God and Satan, forcing him to come to terms with his faults and enabling him to mend the wounds he’s left in his tracks.

SYNOPSIS:

In the past, Jonas was career driven with many friends

along with a supportive girlfriend named Birdie. While

striving to be a poet, he made ends meet working at a

restaurant and subsequently pushed everyone one he cared

for away. Now alone with a head full of regret and

appearing to be nowhere closer to his dream, he thinks

making a deal with the Devil sounds appealing but realizes

if God doesn’t exist, how can he?

He continues his normal nighty routine of binge drinking

and cycling through past memories, only this night he

drunkenly cries out to God and trashes his house; feeling

more alone than ever. The next morning he hangs himself in

his backyard only to wake in his bed confused and nursing

a hangover.

In the present no one recognizes him. Upon going to a

local bar, the place goes silent, where he meets Satan.

There he finds that one of his poems was published in a

magazine and he’s now a famous writer. Awestruck with his

new life, he tries to call Birdie but gets an unfamiliar

voice to a place called Jaybird Coffee.

It’s there that he meets with Jay Mac on several

occasions, who is himself in the future. He unveils the

keys to having a prosperous life. Jonas tries to rekindle

the relationship between him and Birdie but it appears

it’s too late, as she’s married and her husband isn’t

around, or is he?

Disheartened, Jonas finds himself with a pianist who

explains patience. He then visits Candor Magazine where he

receives a hefty check. Bill, the publicist, tells him he

must resign his contract after he belittles Sady, who

feels a lot like Jonas once did. All the while in this

state of limbo, he realizes he can alter the past and

rewrite his future.

In the future, Jonas becomes aware of who he once was

while visiting with Birdie, Jaymac and saving Sady from

her suicide attempt; alternating between the past and

present. Upon meeting with a painter, Jonas understands

perseverance and waiting on the Lord, in which the devil

reveals to him that he is actually dead. Not willing to

accept this, Jonas rushes away where he is met by God who

informs him of his ability to time travel and knows the

plans for a prosperous future, if only he’d listen and

have patience and perseverance.

Back in his backyard, the noose breaks around his neck. He

runs in and writes down his account then goes to everyone

he’s wronged and mends the relationships. It becomes

evident that he was given the opportunity to go back in

time when he was a boy and give himself his account of

wisdom. Growing up with the right heart and ultimately

becoming “Jay Mac,” eventually allowed him and Birdie to

get married and open a shop called JayBird Coffee.

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