As a writer, I dabble in all sorts of writing. Fanfiction? Count me in. Poetry? You know I got you! Short stories? Yes, please. Screenwriting? Well … sort of. I’ve always wanted to dive into this exhausting, yet rewarding-looking world of creative minds who bring their stories to life for the big or small screen.
But then there are those jarring moments, like the tweet below by Marti King Young, writer and director of
White Talon City, that remind you how hard it is to be a woman or a person of color (Latinx, for me) in the screenwriting industry.