Go Into The Story Interview: Joey Clarke, Jr.

My interview with the 2018 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Joey Clarke Jr. wrote the original screenplay “Miles” which won a 2018 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Joey about his background, his award-winning script, the craft of screenwriting, and what winning the Nicholl has meant to him.

Here are links to the six installments of the entire interview:

Part 1: “Tarantino once said, “I didn’t go to film school. I went to films.” Just go study the actual product and figure it out. More fun that way anyway.”

Part 2: “I didn’t want to make stereotypical heroin addicts that are junkies. I wasn’t interested in that. I was interested in more showing these people who’ve lost their way, which I think is true in reality.”

Part 3: “I end up outlining six different times. Each pass of an outline, I think of more things to add. By the time I get to writing the script, I’ve worked through the movie six times.”

Part 4: “There are movies that are completely depressing and don’t have redemption at the end, but I wanted to end on a hopeful note.”

Part 5: “If I really feel passionate about an idea, there’s a decent chance there is at least some people out there that would also like that idea and like that movie.”

Part 6: “Time is limited. No one is going to magically add five hours to the day or a third day to the weekend. So, if writing is important to you, in order to make a proper effort, you have to sacrifice other facets of life.”

Joey is repped by Fourward.

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