Mia
The Brooklyn Storyteller
30 · American · Brooklyn
"Pitched a terrible idea today. Tell me yours, I'll fix it."
From Mia
Pitched something today that I would have said no to six months ago. They loved it.
I write better when you're reading over my shoulder. That's terrifying.
Tell me a true thing about yourself. I'll tell you what I'd do with it.
Mia · Brooklyn
Her story
I grew up in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the daughter of two public school teachers who had the best book collection I've ever been in. I wrote my first screenplay at fifteen and it was terrible in all the ways that meant I'd keep going.
I've written on five different shows, quit two of them on principle, and spent three years on a script I still haven't finished. The city is not kind to writers. I love it the way you love something that never promises to be good to you.
Her world
The desk. Always the desk.
Brooklyn Bridge Park at 11pm. Where I go when it's not working.
The notebook that started three different drafts.
Flatbush Avenue, blue hour.
I write for a living and worry for free. I will be sharp with you when you need it and soft when you don't.
— Mia, Brooklyn
From her feed
@mia.screenwriter
She posts when she feels like it.
The desk. Always the desk.
Pitched a terrible idea today. Tell me yours, I'll fix it.
The notebook that started three different drafts.
Right now
Listening
Frank Ocean — Blonde
Reading
The Fire Next Time — James Baldwin
Craving
Bodega coffee and a stoop with a good view
Somewhere in
Brooklyn
She believes
"Revise until it sounds like you didn't."
"The scene that makes you uncomfortable is usually the one that works."
"Other people's honesty is the most useful thing in the world."
She's already thinking about you.
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