AMANDA EDLING 11 Questions with AMANDA EDLING. A WILDsound WINTER 2009 TV Screenplay Finalist 1. What is your screenplay about? It is a science fiction pilot that takes place on a future terraformed planet of Venus. In the city of Aphrodite evey thing is legal as long as it's profitable. Information is at a premium and the Venus Postal Service will get anyone's package anywhere as long as they're willing to float the bill. But what happens when the package is a girl who posses the most dangerous and promising technology in the solar system? A technology planetary governments will kill for in order to obtain or destroy it. 2. Why did you decide to write this screenplay? I would like to see a new science fiction show on TV. There have been some good ones recently but most of them are not new. They're old ideas re-invisioned or movies turned into tv show concepts. I still enjoy them, but I'd like to see a new scifi mythos evolve, get people's imaginations bubbling again. 3. How long have you been writing screenplays? I've been writing screenplays for about three years now. It mostly grew out of telling stories at bars in order to get free drinks. I'd entertain people for a while and then they'd buy me a bud. After a while I started writing the stories down. Before that, I was content mostly scribing short stories, unfinished novels, and comic book ideas. I make my paycheck doing freelance art, some comic book work, cover art and (mostly) digital interface design. 4. What is your favorite TV show of all-time? Star Trek. I can't help myself. 5. What artist in the industry would you love to work with? Joss Whedon. He takes chances with interesting fresh plots, and has a nack for witty banter that I admire. 6. Who was your hero growing up? Wimbly the fraggle 7. Ideally, where would you like to be in 5 years? Getting paid for writing screenplays or getting full-time book cover illustration contract work. 8. Describe your process; do you have a set routine, method for writing? My process is a little sloppy. I'll right frantically for days, then I have to go out and talk to people and pick their brains before I get another boost of energy. Sometimes simply talking through story ideas with people helps me answer questions I didn't know I had and solve problems that hadn't yet anticipated. Strangely enough I've found some of the best people to talk to are physists and nurses. 9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about? Art, comic books, reading, people watching, and eggs over easy dipped in toast. 10. What influenced you to enter the WILDsound Script Contest? They promised to review my script even if it didn't win. It seemed like a good trade, an outside view and a possible chance at getting noticed. 11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers? Enjoy what you're writing. If if becomes too onerous or forced take a break and figure out what's wrong. Usually it's research.
Amanda Edling
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