Go Into The Story Interview: Jennifer Archer

My interview with the 2022 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Jennifer Archer wrote the original screenplay “Into the Deep Blue” which won a 2022 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Jennifer about her creative background, her award-winning script, the craft of screenwriting, and what winning the Nicholl Award has meant to her.

Here are links to the entire 6-part series which has run this week.

Part 1: “I found some online communities and met other writers and thought, ‘I can do this.’”

Part 2: “I’ve read all of the books, and all of the rules. I just went by instinct, and I would consider them both protagonists.”

Part 3: “It’s really about not being defined by other people’s actions and choosing your own path.”

Part 4: “Sometimes you have an idea that comes out once and you’re like, ‘I’m going to latch onto this and it’s going to repeat.’”

Part 5: “Last year, I was reading your interviews, and I remember being so depressed and thinking, ‘That’s never going to be me.’ And here we are.”

Part 6: “Everybody says, keep reading and writing. Those are big ones, but don’t just read — read critically.”

To learn more about the Nicholl screenwriting competition, go here.

For my interviews with every Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner since 2012, go here.