The Writers
August 25, 2015
Marc Bojanowski
Writer
I started writing seriously when I was 15. Poems and short stories. I enjoy the puzzle-solving aspect of the craft, the music of it. I’ve been interested in writing screenplays since college. The fun of writing dialogue pulled me in. I find constructing the understructure of the plot to be most challenging in screenwriting, the building of the main story’s support system, the small lines and mentions here and there that reinforce the whole thing. When it comes together it can be very rewarding. I relate to none of the characters and to all of them.
August 24, 2015
Jake Hawkes
Writer
I started writing in high school. I’m dyslexic and had always struggled with the written word. In someways, words felt like the bane of my existence and I felt that if I could master them, I could do anything I wanted. That didn’t turn out to be true, but it’s been a good time all the same.
I love writing because I love people. Writing is a way for me to try to understand people and see how they relate to each other and to me. Murders and nuns alike, I believe we are more alike than we are different.
Partly I got into screenplay writing because I worship movies, partly I got into it because I love writing anything. Ultimately, screenplays of the kind I write are driven by the things people say more than the things they do. The dialogue must serve as everything – plot, character, and even a part of setting.
One challenge of writing a screenplay that directly related to for what it’s worth is the challenge of writing something that can actually be produced. A novel or short story is self-contained, but a good screenplay is one that doesn’t just read well, but can actually be made.
I relate most to Bernie, because I’m tired of people’s bullshit.
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