Write On with Big Break Winner Mira Z. Barnum
August 12, 2021
Mira Z. Barnum won the 2020 Big Break Screenwriting Contest for her TV pilot Beirut. She talks to Write On about what it takes to win a screenwriting contest:
I personally suffer from perfectionism, but the most important thing is to get [your script] done, get it to a place so you can actually submit it on time. What also helps is getting lots of feedback. That's one of my favorite parts of the process of writing, sharing your script with other people, getting their opinions, and having them help me punch it up.
Mira was a script coordinator on the TV show Lucifer, and she tells how this led to her first on-screen story credit, how it honed her writing, and her writing process:
Being in support staff positions has been such a learning curve for me," she said. "I wouldn't be the writer I am today without all that experience, without being invited to sit in the room and listen, being invited to pitch, getting opportunities to write outlines and write story documents.
Click below to hear Mira tell her story!
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