An interview with screenwriters Kristin Ilagan and Patrick Mediate, Part II

Written By Lauren Taglienti

Award-winning screenwriting team Kristin Ilagan and Patrick Mediate discuss their screenplay Soul Passage and the universality they aimed for when writing it, how they wrote their characters, horror as a genre, and their advice to aspiring screenwriters.

“The first thing we did was sit down, and I said, ‘Look, we really have to develop these characters. We have to sit down. We have to figure out what their motivations are. We have to figure out what drives them. We have to figure out what their secret inner world is like.’”
— Kristin Ilagan
Kristin Ilagan and Patrick Mediate

Kristin Ilagan and Patrick Mediate

Lauren Taglienti

Lauren Taglienti is an award-winning writer of numerous published pieces who has worked on several indie and short films. She enjoys exploring the line between fantasy and reality in her short stories, personal essays, and articles. Her favorite movie is Mr. Nobody. Lauren is passionate about health and wellness, self-improvement, and spreading the message of empathy and kindness through creativity. She is an undergraduate student studying creative writing and English at Stony Brook University and is very happy to be working as Hangover Lounge's Communications Coordinator and Contributor.


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