CLAYTON HENRYSearch WILDsound  11 Questions with CLAYTON HENRY. A WILDsound WINTER 2009 TV Screenplay Finalist 1. What is your screenplay about? When Penny is offered an audition for an upcoming Wonder Woman movie, she chooses Leonard over Sheldon to be her comic book mentor. In retaliation, Sheldon decides to train one of Penny's co-workers for the same audition in order to prove that he's the ultimate comic guru. 2. Why did you decide to write this screenplay? I chose The Big Bang Theory because I wanted to write a multi-cam with strongly defined characters. Also, I felt their natural lexicon of nerdisms was, for better or worse, a vocabulary I felt very comfortable writing. 3. How long have you been writing screenplays? I've been writing screenplays for about the past three years. Before that, the majority of my scripts were geared more towards theatrical productions. 4. What is your favorite TV show of all-time? For comedy, it's Arrested Development. For Drama, it's The Wire. 5. What artist in the industry would you love to work with? Mitch Hurwitz. 6. Who was your hero growing up? My parents, without question. They've always been supportive and have provided me with all the tools I needed to get the point where I'm at now. I can't thank them enough. 7. Ideally, where would you like to be in 5 years? I'd like to be at the point where I can financially support myself through writing. 8. Describe your process; do you have a set routine, method for writing? It's probably the most cliched routine imaginable, but it works. I head to Starbucks, order a peppermint mocha, pull out my Macbook, and punch away on the keys for 4-6 hours a day. 9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about? Crossword Puzzles, College Basketball, and Bar Trivia. 10. What influenced you to enter the WILDsound Script Contest? This is actually my second entry into the WILDsound competition. In the prior cycle, I entered a 30 Rock spec on a whim. And while it didn't make the finals, I was impressed by the quick turnaround and great constructive feedback that I got from the judges. No other contest I have entered has come close to providing that kind of personalized criticism. So, I entered again knowing that even if I didn't place I would still get something valuable out of the experience. 11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers? Just keep writing. And when you aren't writing, seek out other writers and offer to give feedback on their work. I've learned some of the most valuable lessons in craft through reading the writings of my colleagues. Discovering their methods for executing scenes and building characters has been particularly informative. Plus, it forces you to think critically about stories in which you aren't so emotionally caught up.
Clayton Henry
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