Kristen Roach:
CLASS OF 1998
Santa Fe Catholic High SchoolClass of 1998
Lakeland, FL
Florida State University - Arts & SciencesClass of 2002
Tallahassee, FL
Lime Street Elementary SchoolClass of 1992
Lakeland, FL
Kristen's Story
Life
After getting my BA in Creative Writing from FSU, I'm still in Tallahassee working for a legal editing company while I figure out what I want to do next. Actually, I know what I want to do, it's just taking the steps to get there that requires time and work. I'm currently in the running for a screenwriting fellowship with Disney/ABC which would require me to move to Los Angeles to study with industry professionals. My goal is to get a place as a staff writer on an established TV show, then one day get my own show produced. In the meantime, I've been writing freelance pieces and entering writing contests; I'm starting to build up a nice little stack of rejection letters, but hey...that's what it takes!
School
It was fun, but I wouldn't go back and do it again if you paid me a million dollars!
College
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to Florida State as a Theatre major and came out with a degree in Creative Writing. And while I did minor in Theatre, I'm not sorry I changed my mind. Being in the School of Theatre taught me that while I love it, it's a vicious, superficial lifestyle that I don't have the energy or inclination to pursue as a career. Still, I made friends, made memories and learned a lot about lighting design, costume history, play analysis and what to do if the fire alarm goes off during the first act of "Hamlet." The English department is where I truly fit in. My grades rose, I found teachers that I loved and even more friends. I took poetry and fiction, playwriting and essay classes. I was asked to join the staff of the undergrad literary magazine, and I was handpicked by award-winning poet Barbara Hamby to be in her workshop one summer.
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