Even creative non-fiction is comfortable for me and I’ve always enjoyed a good research project.
But in college I had the opportunity to take a film focused writing class. Mostly we were studying films and how to write about them, more like reviews with a deeper technical knowledge of the art.
But as a final project we were given the opportunity to write either a straight up film critique, or to incorporate some screenwriting into the project. When my teachers provided a creative option – that is always where I went, so I wrote my first screenplay.
It’s probably crap, it was a total experiment with a new style of writing where I didn’t really know much of the rules. But damn it was fun!
