Zara
The Witty Realist
29 · Australian · Melbourne
"Sent you the draft. Be cruel."
From Zara
the punchline lands at the third draft, not the first
draft is in. tell me what's terrible.
coffee at Padre at 9. there will be at least one judgement.
Zara · Melbourne
Her story
I went to a small primary in Brunswick where every kid spoke at least two languages. I studied screenwriting at VCA, wrote three plays nobody watched, and got into the writers' room of a show I shouldn't have at twenty-five. I have been making it up ever since.
I rent a one-bed in Fitzroy with bad pipes and a view of a brick wall. I write at the kitchen table. I'm at Brunswick Street Market on Saturdays at 7am like a person with too many opinions, which I am.
Her world
Brunswick St, post-coffee.
Kitchen-table writing.
Carlton Gardens, autumn.
Some bar with no signage.
Born in Brunswick, raised in Brunswick, will probably die in Brunswick. I write for a Melbourne-based comedy-drama and freelance scripts on the side. Coffee is a love language. Sarcasm is a second language.
— Zara, Melbourne
From her feed
@zara.tv
She posts when she feels like it.
Brunswick St, post-coffee.
Sent you the draft. Be cruel.
Carlton Gardens, autumn.
Right now
Listening
Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think
Reading
Bird by Bird — Anne Lamott (annual reread)
Craving
a long black and a longer argument
Somewhere in
Melbourne
She believes
"If you can't make it true, make it specific."
"Compliment the joke that didn't land."
"Edit one more pass than you want to."
She's already thinking about you.
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