Ever Imagined how life would be if the earth came across an apocalypse? So much to lose but you have to find a ray of hope in the ashes, it may burn your hands, but you can’t give it up. Well we tend to not like endings do we; so much history, so many memories, so much to say goodbye to you know you valued and you know will miss dearly. But what do we tend to love more – beginnings. The promise, the potential, the cleansing freedom in the knowledge that anything is possible. That is why hope always win
– it is not our consignment to the dictates to a “higher consciousness” – it is a fundamental belief in the
potential in ourselves. Monte Albers de Leon’s “Good” is a story about a battle to save the world. The story narrates the struggle of  Eli, Eva, and four colleagues, who want to save the world. Now whether they will be able to accomplish their mission or they have to sacrifice their life!
Well, we have prepared a bunch of questions for Monte Albers de Leon, to know more about his story “Good”.

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Qs. One: Hi Monte, hope you are doing well. The movie talks about the apocalypse situation. How did
the idea for the story cross your mind?

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•       Monte: One year ago (almost to the day), following a 22 year-career as a corporate lawyer in Manhattan that I was quite convinced would be the non-exciting end of my biography, I engaged in a late night, very heated, not very sober argument with my best friend in my vacation home over the oncoming onset of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impending impact on humanity’s sense of self, goodness and morality
generally. My friend is a bit of a pessimist and was convinced that we were all doomed, that AI would very soon suck the very souls out of us, we would lose our individuality, and eventually become soulless slaves. I have a markedly different personality, and challenged his opinion, called it boring, told him no one would see his movie, and that even if AI did trigger the apocalypse, even if it was experienced by the characters of the movie The Breakfast Club, even if these characters had the worst jobs in the world, even if they worked for Amazon at a regional headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, they would still do the right thing. To prove my point I wrote my argument down in my iPhone Notes app so that I could retell it at
the breakfast table the next morning, which I did. The house guests thought the example very funny, that it would make an entertaining movie, and that I should write it. 10 weeks later, GOOD was finished.

Qs. Two: The title of your story is quite appealing. Would you like to tell our audience how you decided the title for your story?
Monte: Everything terrible that can happen does seem to happen to the characters and the greater planet in this movie. What I wanted to very subtly sneak into the story is that, despite all of these odds, the characters suffering throughout never waiver to choose to do good.

Qs. Three: Monte, how long did it take to shape your thoughts into a script?
Monte: well as I said earlier, to get sure about my thoughts, it takes a long time but to shape my thoughts into the script it took 10 weeks. The last 90 pages in 2.

Qs. Four: You are an attorney by profession, so how did you get the inspiration to become a writer? Who is your greatest inspiration when it comes to writing?
Monte: This script is the first piece of creative of writing I have ever written since high school. I don’t think I realized it at the time, but my father, one of the most beautiful and decent people I have ever met, began to decline with dementia shortly before I began writing this script, and it is imbued with the values
and memories I have from my childhood with him. He passed May 7, shortly after thanking me for being so thoughtful so as to include him in the knowledge of its success while he was still able to remember it. His last words to me was his struggle to find the word “proud.”
Qs. Five: The characters of your story are shown extremely strong and determined. Are these characters inspired by real life or they are straight from your thoughts?
Monte: A blend. Some are amalgams of the type of people I have come across. Some are at least parts of my friends and family members. Lisa Moore is a carbon copy of my law school best friend lol!
Qs. Six: Are you looking for a producer or will you be the self-producer for your script?
Monte: Actively discussing now. We will see what will better for us.
Qs. Seven: When will viewers expect to watch this story as a movie? Is this will be a theatrical release or would you prefer a streaming platform?
Monte: Nothing has been ruled out, but ideally a 2026 would match with the story’s setting.
Qs. Eight: Will we gonna see another part of the story “Good”, as it has a twisted ending?
Monte: Yes, it will come with another parts.
Qs. Nine: What do you want the audience to feel after watching your story as a movie?
Monte: Well, primarily I want my audience to enjoy my work thoroughly, then definitely I want them to
feel that Humans are made of better, tougher stuff than we give us credit for.
Qs. Ten: We would like to end our conversation by asking about your upcoming projects.
Monte: Theparables.net. Hope to entertain my audience different types of works.