Go Into The Story Interview: Grace Sherman

My interview with the 2018 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Grace Sherman wrote the original screenplay “Numbers and Words” which won a 2018 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Grace about her background, her award-winning script, the craft of screenwriting, and what winning the Nicholl has meant to her.

Part 1: “I liked reading about new things. Seeing new things in movies — different places, people, characters. Always had an active imagination. Creative, always creating stories in my mind.”

Part 2: “It initially started there, and then it was, ‘Well, how would these characters emerge? What would their journey look like?’ Then the pieces fit together. Different ways it all came together.”

Part 3: “The importance of relationships and how we influence each other and ultimately change the trajectory of one another’s lives. Their relationship is so important, so significant to each of them.

Part 4: “He’s saying, ‘I did one of the most brilliant things you can do, and the way society saw me is the way I ended up, so what was the point?’ That’s where he’s at.”

Part 5: “With that type of competition, you never know how it’s going to play out. You hope to win, but when you actually do win, you’re like, ‘Wow. Really?’”

Part 6: “There’s a lot of different audiences out there and a lot of different stories that need to be told. If there is a story inside of you that’s burning to get out, we need to hear it.”

Grace is repped by the Gotham Group.

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