For the month of January, 39 Minute Conversations features writers who have been featured on The Black List, the annual list of the best unproduced screenplays of the year as voted on by producers, creative execs, and other Hollywood professionals.

In this episode, Brian T. Arnold has a 39-minute conversation with writer Kristen Tepper (The 2022 Black List Script Better Luck Next Time).

Listen to us talk about getting on the Black List as an unrepped writer, her circuitious path to screenwriting, the importance of putting yourself and your work out there, the inspiration for her script, finding humor in dark places, how improv helped us both find our writing voices, and much more.

You can find her on Instagram and Twitter @kristentepper and on tiktok @teppertalkstv.