Independent Writers' Caucus
Terri (T.B.) Spaugh
Terri Spaugh is an independent writer and story producer who grew up on the Texas-Louisiana border who also lived in Los Angeles and Chicago before rooting herself southwest of Austin. She grew up doused in mixed cultures, which serves as spice in her work. Born on her father’s birthday, she was the baby in the family and was dealt a lot of misery by her siblings. Her hero is her father, a gentle soul who worked all his life in the south Texas refineries that caused his fatal lung cancer. Acadian mixed with Scots-Irish, Terri’s family history includes her many greats-ago uncle, Daniel Boone. After a divorce, she left her teaching and moved to a small town southwest of Austin where she worked as a geophysicist manager for a Scottish firm while completing both UCLA’s Graduate Professional Screenwriting Programs. She later co-founded the Texas Film Institute, wrote a sci-fi family feature FIELDS AFIRE and multiple short films, published in Creative Screenwriting Magazine, and penned several novels. She credits fortitude for changing her narrative.
Honors & Awards
Finalist, ISA Thriller/Horror Competition - BAYAGOULA - 2021
Semifinalist, ISA Emerging Screenwriters Competition - CLINGING TO BONE - 2022
Semifinalist, InkTip Holiday Genre Contest - MIRACLE ON MAIN STREET - 2022
Co-writer: Lise Pyles
Current Member
Female, Over 40, Over 55
THE LONG DARK NIGHT
(Horror Thriller, Comps: ANNIHILATION, THE HEAD)
A father's arctic rescue mission becomes a fight for humanity's survival when a long-buried mutagen resurfaces, forcing him to confront the sins of his past.
THE LONGEST RALLY
(Sports Drama, Comps: SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, SOUTHPAW)
A washed-up tennis player battling alcoholism and guilt must stay sober and commit to coaching a gifted but disadvantaged young player for the summer, or lose his last shot at redemption — forcing him to confront his past mistakes and rally against his inner demons.
BAYAGOULA
(Suspense Thriller, Comps: WIND RIVER, WINTER'S BONE)
A true crime podcaster fleeing a stalker returns to her Louisiana bayou hometown, where her father's murder forces her to unravel a tangled web of community secrets and generational trauma.
Female-centric, Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Psychological, Historical/Alternative History, YA
Female, Over 40, Over 55
unrepped