Zainab Amadahy

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Zainab Amadahy

1. What is your screenplay about?

Blood in the Rain is a fantasy about how three competitive women change when they glimpse each other’s ancestral struggles.

2. Why did should people vote for your 1page script?

I don’t tell anyone what they SHOULD do but if my story resonates with them they CAN vote for it. Either way, I’ll enjoy the experience and hope they do to.

3. How long have you been writing screenplays?

Three years.

4. What film have you seen the most in your life?

Matrix – the original.

5. What artist in the industry would you love to work with?

Oliver Stone

6. How many screenplays have you written?

One feature, three shorts plus three other features in an early draft stage.

7. Ideally, where would you like to be in 5 years?

Exactly where I am now, writing, speaking, performing and facilitating workshops.

8. Describe your process; do you have a set routine, method for writing?

First, I only write about what moves me; what I feel passionate about. I reserve two hours in the morning for writing but have done it at other times of the day. For me, the meat of the work is in planning: outlines, character profiles, charting the journey. It makes the actual writing easier. I don’t always stick to my skeletal construct but it helps the flow.

9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?

Music, my relationships and contributing to the world in a positive way.

10. What influenced you to enter the WILDsound Script Contest?

I went to a few readings and thought that I might benefit from the feedback opportunities.

11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?

One of my sons is an aspiring writer and I urge him to live life to its fullest. Take emotional and physical risks. Explore while traveling or standing still. Find people and things to care passionately about. Get your heart broken. Experience as much as you possibly can. It will feed your writing and enhance your enjoyment of life.

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