America
Indian-American among HBO writers' fellowship
Washington, July 31
An Indian-American woman
is one of the nine people who were chosen for American cable television
network HBO's writers' fellowship programme.
"Prathiksha
Srinivasan, along with writing partner Joshua Levy, was chosen out of
2,000 submissions for an eight-month-long HBO's fellowship programme. A
series of master classes will be held in mid-August at the HBO campus in
Santa Monica, California," a statement on HBO's official website read.
"The
classes will consist of discussions with HBO executives and showrunners
and will focus on character, story, pitching, securing an agent, and
networking," the statement added.
Hailing from Chennai,
Srinivasan's love of writing stems from the Hindu mythological stories
that her grandmother told her in childhood.
Moving to the US was a
culture shock that resulted in her passion for characters who are stuck
between where they come from and where they are going.
Srinivasan earned bachelor's in literature from the University of Texas.
The
Writing Fellowship programme caters to those writers who are interested
in building a career in series television. Writers develop original
pilots and are considered for series staffing opportunities.