'This is what happened to me when I was fourteen, the year I became an adult, the year I was told my mother was dying...' Susan and Marcia are riding the bus to school. As usual they are midway between the Geek Army and The Others. MARCIA: Well, we're about two seats closer to the cool end of the bus this week. Did you look on the Dear Diary.com site last night? They're having a competition. There is no reply from Susan. MARCIA: I' d thought you' d be interested. A thousand bucks first prize. SUSAN: You think I' m this great writer, but I' m just a kid dealing with their mom being ill. I just write about what I feel. It’s not that special. I mean, what do you want from me? Some kind of brilliance at a time of crisis? You don't get it, Marce. I' m not that good. MARCIA: No, you don' t get it, Susan. You are that good.

Susan is your average 14-year old. This film looks at what happens to her after she loses her diary and her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer. Susan prides herself on her honesty, but when help is offered at the cost of her personal integrity, what will she choose to do?

Dear Diary.com is inspired by the "Dear Diary.com" website created by James T. Wilson.

Written by Simon Luckhurst.

Currently in pre-production. Frontier High School, located in Bakersfield California is to make Dear Diary.com into a feature film as part of its screen studies program. Directed by Bryce Hatch, it is anticipated that principal photography will commence in the (US) Spring Semester, and post production will occur during the (US) 2009 summer.

On 20 February 2009 Bryce reported:

In January, the students received the script and have:

• Read through it
• Broke down the elements of the script
• Scheduled the script for shooting
• Created a stripboard
• Budgeted the film
• Organized and signed all forms needed
• Picked locations

We are now in the process of storyboarding, blocking, rehearsal, and practice with the equipment. The students begin shooting the first week of March. They have two months to complete shooting before they enter post-production and editing. Things are going at a rapid pace, and everything looks good.

Watch this space for more information on this exciting development.

James convinced me to write this movie. It was either write or keep listening to him trying to convince me. If you knew James, you'd know it wasn't much of a choice.

It was a good story, though. I really worked hard to paint Susie into a corner, and raised the stakes for her as high as I could. Then created a brilliant solution to her dilemma. Classic!

If you think you might be interested in producing 'Dear Diary.com,' or if you want to read the script, please contact me.

Thank-you for entering the Monte Miller Award... We received 150 entries... with four scripts ultimately being nominated... your script... was in the last short list of 14 scripts selected by the judges and discussed at length. You should take heart from this... your script was read by six judges from various professional screen writing backgrounds and found to be one of the best entered this year... Simon Hopkinson, Australian Writers' Guild President, July 2006.