We had the good fortune of connecting with Erica Wachs and we’ve shared our conversation below.
Hi Erica, why did you decide to pursue a creative path?
I didn’t always think I would be a writer. In high school, writing was something I did while I focused my efforts on cultural diplomacy.
All that changed when I started college, and found myself enrolling in far more English and Creative Writing classes than Global Affairs ones. I had always been a theater kid — participating in my school shows; writing short plays about closeted queer teens (of which I was one) — but it wasn’t until my Intro to Creative Writing Professor, Richard Deming, told me that playwriting was my medium; I had an ear for dialogue. It was so obvious a calling that I almost missed it.
Read the whole interview here.