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Film Courage: Why do you have a love for writing female protagonists?
Jay Fingers, Screenwriter/Author/Youtuber: I have to attribute that to growing up with strong women in my life; my mother, my stepmother, my sisters, cousins and friends. I’ve always been surrounded by strong women and women who I don’t think that their stories have been told. I sometimes struggle with Should I be the one to tell these stories? because I’m a man but I think back to a conversation I had with a friend. She wowed me when she said this, You like women. I’m just like Well yeah, I’m a straight guy, I like women. She’s just like No, I don’t mean like in a romantic sense or in a sexual sense. I mean you like women. You pay attention, you’re empathetic…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
Jay Fingers is a novelist, journalist, editor, and emerging screenwriter. He grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, before attending film school at the University of Miami. After college and working in Miami Beach’s nightlife scene for several years, Jay moved to New York City — Brooklyn, specifically — where he wrote four books: Guestlist, Kisses for Tati, Orange Mound and Manhattan Sweetheart. Deciding to fully pursue his lifelong screenwriting ambitions, Jay relocated to Los Angeles, where he currently lives and has been tirelessly working on spec scripts.
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