Go Into The Story Interview: Sophia Lopez

My interview with 2021 Black List writer for her script A Hufflepuff Love Story.

Sophia Lopez wrote the original screenplay “A Hufflepuff Love Story” which landed on the 2021 Black List. Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Sophia about her creative background, her script, the craft of screenwriting, and what making the annual Black List has meant to her.

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

Part 1: “I did this thing as a kid, where I would re-watch the same movie every day for weeks and even months.”

Part 2: “It was fun to take it a step further and be like, ‘What if that actually was a real thing and I did go to Hogwarts?’”

Part 3: “I felt like it was important to show the other side of Hogwarts. The upstairs‑downstairs dynamic that would definitely be there.”

Part 4: “True happiness is never the result of external validation, it comes from within.”

Part 5: “Without an outline, I was not driving towards anything specific and my writing was vague, I didn’t know exactly what I was trying to get at.”

Part 6: “Once you learn structure, you have the freedom to write, and consistently write things of quality.”

Sophia is repped by Verve Talent and Literary Agency and Bellevue Productions.

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