Go Into The Story Interview: Lexie Tran

My interview with 2022 Black List writer for her script It’s a Wonderful Story.

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

Part 1: “I knew I wanted to write in high school. I also knew film school was not an option. The next best thing was get as close to LA as possible.”

Part 2: “I put it on the Black List website. Before I even got an evaluation, someone had downloaded it and read it and that person is now my manager.”

Part 3: “It’s a man in a picture of despair at the end of It’s a Wonderful Life. That could only have come from his war experiences.”

Part 4: “I realized that I was trying to give traditional hero’s journey arcs to both Frank [Capra] and Jim [Stewart], and it couldn’t work that way.”

Part 5: “One of the things I do is concept generation, and I do it for 30 minutes every day. I literally sit there, and I come up with opposites in pairs.”

Part 6: “You have to build a life. A successful writing career can’t be the only goal and the other goals can’t hinge on it.”

Lexie is repped by Agency for the Performing Arts (APA) and Bellevue Productions.

Twitter: @LexWojTran

For my interviews with dozens of other Black List writers, go here.