Interview: Jay Eden

As part of my series on writers and filmmakers who are on the front edge of making their mark in the business, recently I interviewed Jay Eden, a screenwriter based in the U.K. who set up his original spec script “Incinerator” with the Boies Schiller Film Group.

Here are all three parts of that Q&A:

Part 1: “Most of my scenes in my early screenplays are very static, uncinematic, and staid. It took me a long time to realize that I had to get a hold of a scene and stick it into a visual world in my head. That took me years and years.”

Part 2: “I liked the idea of having a character that was generally trying to be a good guy and then he finds out that he’s got a very different future than the one he planned. How would that change your view of the world? How would that change your morals?”

Part 3: “My first bit of advice is outline until you’re sick of outlining. I never knew about outlining when I started writing and it shows when I look at anything I’ve written before.”

If you have any comments or questions for Jay, please head to comments.

Twitter: @jayeden238.