The movie is about a teenage girl who risks her life to make her dead father's dream a reality and take back the Gulf of Alaska for Alaskan fishermen.
2. Why did you decide to write this screenplay?
I was feeling overwhelmed by the politics of George Bush and wanted to write a story that would make me feel better. I wanted to be proactive. Writing a David and Goliath story seemed a good way to do that.
3. How long have you been writing screenplays?
I've been writing screenplays since 1990
4. What film have you seen the most in your lifetime?
I've watched hundreds and hundreds of movies over and over. I'm a compulsive film watcher. When I'm not writing them, I'm watching them or reading them.
5. What artist in the industry would you love to work with?
The artist in the industry I'd love to work with most is the one that loves my story best.
6. Who was your hero growing up?
Lassie, Jackie O, Alan Shepherd, Pope John XXIII, Billy Wilder, Charlie Chaplin.
7. Ideally, where would you like to be in 5 years?
I'd like to be on the moon or see my movie on the big screen.
8. Describe your process; do you have a set routine, method for writing?
I don't have a set routine, except that I write every day. I ask a question that interests me. Or I fall in love with a character and see where that takes me, or decide what it is I want to explore then I research it, then I write about it. You don't have to write about what you know, you have to write about what you feel. There are a lot of things that you'll never know and will be expected to write about. But if you search your soul and write truthfully about how a person in the world you've created feels, then you'll be okay.
9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
I'm passionate about peeling oranges, even.
10. What influenced you to enter the WILDsound Script Contest?
Withoutabox.
11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
Just write, no matter what, keep writing to entertain yourself. If you're bored, than chances are the reader is going to be bored too. But keep writing even if it's boring, because eventually, something good will pop up. You don't have to sit at a computer but you have to make room in your head for the people you are writing about to live in. Don't stop to judge and be critical. Let others criticize--you just go for it. .Sure I'd like to be on the radio, the question is does the radio want to be with me?
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