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1) What is the theme of your poem? The theme of ‘Prussian Blue’ ultimately is about the clash between creativity and human destructiveness. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? I had watched a doco on Van Gogh’s art and ‘Starry Night’ used a lot of Prussian blue. 3) How long have you been… Continue reading Interview with Poet Antonia Hildebrand (PRUSSIAN BLUE)

1) What is the theme of your poem? The difficulty in writing creatively. 2) What motivated you to write this poem? I was taking a writing class, and looking around the room; I realized we were all on the same journey making choices with differing goals in mind. 3) How long have you been writing… Continue reading Interview with Poet Bob Conder (One at a Time: For the writing class)

1. What is your screenplay about? Empty Nest is about the fear I have of growing old and becoming a bit irrelevant. The main character Harry is essentially a proxy of where I don’t want to be in 10-15 years. He’s hit that stage in his life where he is just “existing”. His kids have… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Daniel Powell (EMPTY NEST)

1. What is your screenplay about? Infertile Land is a dystopian sci-fi short that follows heavily pregnant Ellie through an otherwise infertile landscape, escaping those who would take her baby. I guess it asks the question: Is it right to bring new life into a dying world? 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Markus Meedt (Infertile Land)

1. What is your screenplay about? A disgruntled Hallmark employee strives to save Christmas from the evil clutches of, well – Hallmark, in the Christmas movie parody. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Rom com and comedy (at least I hope comedy, since I wrote it to be funny). 3. Why should this… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Mark Schiponi (A Very Christmassy Hallmark Holiday Christmas)

1. What is your screenplay about? Cut Off is about a paranoid shut-in that has suffered a trauma, the loss of his daughter at his own hand. He decides to isolate himself in the woods with the help of his brother. He does his to keep himself and others safe, as he sees himself as… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Christy Price (CUT OFF)

1. What is your screenplay about? It’s a love letter to one of my longtime best friends that I’ve unfortunately lost touch with. In Reunited, two lifelong best friends go in separate directions in their lives. When one sees that his friendship has been replaced by the other’s wife he loses it and engages in… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Sean Jasko (Reunited)

1. What is your screenplay about? Strange Meeting is the story of a sheltered posh boy, Edward, who at the outbreak of the First World War grows sick of his family’s hypocrisy and runs off to fight for his country. While scouting a forest for German deserters post-attack, an explosion knocks Edward unconscious and he… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter L. T. Hewitt (STRANGE MEETING)

1. What is your screenplay about? MIGHT COME A WINDSTORM takes place on a single Thanksgiving Day at the home of a working-class family in Cincinnati, Ohio during the late 1990s. It’s a comedy-drama, in which laughs are balanced against a tragic dysfunctional family backstory that includes elements of racism, alcholism, child abuse and psychiatric… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Jill Elaine Hughes (Might Come a Windstorm)

1. What is your screenplay about? It’s about the impact of an emotional shock on the trajectory of a life through the destiny of 4 characters . Franck, a businessman in his forties, neglects his wife, Ann and his family responsibilities: he comes back late at home and does not take time for his son,… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Freddy Vindevoghel (Find The Way Again)