Jordan Morris is an award-winning producer and director of films like Nintendo Quest and multiple festival Best Documentary winner, Missing Mom. He has worked on numerous films as an actor, production designer, art director, fabricator, location scout, set decorator, and screenwriter.
Since 2013, Jordan has been creating and hosting popular seminars and workshops on screenwriting, and you can find his most recent programs and services on his website thescreenplayfactory.com.
In this interview, Morris talks about his origins as a theater actor, when did he start taking writing seriously, working as a coach and the process he uses with his clients, why having mentors is crucial, the most important questions to ask yourself when building a character, the life and the death story model, and his advice for people who want to be professional writers.
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