Go Into The Story Interview: Karin delaPeña Collison

My interview with the 2021 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting winner.

Karin delaPeña Collison wrote the original screenplay “Coming of Age” which won a 2021 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Karin 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: “You know what it’s like being an actor. You’re rarely offered anything that gives you anything to chew on, intellectually.”

Part 2: “I think it’s a privilege to read such beautifully-written stories to a live audience. Much like art song.”

Part 3: “It’s time for me to write material for myself. I can write. So I’m sure I can learn how to write a script.”

Part 4: “I was very interested in exploring the influence of lack of structure on the sexual development of a young girl.”

Part 5: “I was really trying to take this experience out of the realm of black and white.”

Part 6: “I am fascinated. I want to go deeply inside whatever and whomever I’m exploring.”

Karin’s social media links:

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

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

For my interviews with Black List writers, go here.