About this episode

Karin delaPena Collison discusses her journey to winning a Nicholl Fellowship with her feature script Coming of Age.

Actor/writer Karin delaPena Collison's first feature script Coming of Age won a Nicholl Fellowship. Here, she talks about what led up to it and what came next.

People in this episode

Host: Pilar Alessandra

Guest: Karin delaPena Collison

Topics covered

• screenwriting
• coming of age
• film industry
• feature scripts
• writing process

Keywords

• screenwriter
• Nicholl Fellowship
• feature script
• Karin delaPena Collison
• coming of age

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Coming of Age

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