I also feel like I write young people in all my stuff. I’ve always wanted to write things that were important to me. That's where I really wrote a lot of dialogue. In high school, I wrote a play and we put it on. I did communications undergrad, Film and media studies, and was writing a lot of screenplays. In my undergrad in college, I had wanted to write for television.

I've always been interested in storytelling and reading and writing. Really, as a four-year-old, I was like, “No, I want to give Bugs Bunny direction.” “What's your motivation here, Bugs? Tell Daffy how you're feeling.” I thought like that was something that was possible. I think the first job I ever wanted to have when my uncle asked me, I said, 'I want to direct cartoons.' He thought I would be interested in animation. How did you find your way into writing? Was it something that you always knew you wanted to do? That's the most important thing.Įmily: That’s the most important thing, 100%. Sara Farizan: Thanks for having me, it’s great. Sara is an Iranian-American writer and ardent basketball fan, which we’ll definitely get into in a little bit, a Boston native, and a 2010 graduate of our MFA in Creative Writing Program. I'm here today with award-winning young adult author, Sara Farizan. My name is Emily Earle, and I am the social media specialist here in the Office of Communications at Lesley University. Each week, we bring you conversations with authors from the Lesley community to talk about books, writing, and the writing life.Įmily Earle: Hi everyone. Announcer: This is Why We Write, a podcast of Lesley University.

If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan