Montreal-based writer/director, Lea Nakonechny (TWO MUSEUMS, EDGE OF THE DESERT), had the chance to chat with screenwriter David Webb Peoples (12 MONKEYS, UNFORGIVEN, BLADE RUNNER) in advance of the Toronto Screenwriting Conference (April 5 & 6). They talk process, anti-heroes and the Sisyphean task of writing.
Lea Nakanechny: Which do you begin with, character or story?
David Webb Peoples: Usually with a character scene. There’s an image of somebody doing something that defines them and makes you interested. Then you try to write a story around it and it doesn’t always work. I have many moments in my head I wish I could find the story for or build onto, and many instances of trying to build a story around a particular thing and not succeeding. These things linger over the years and sometimes, suddenly, you get it. But not always. MORE...
