{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Stephanie Bast, Emerging Screenwriter Interview","description":"Stephanie Bast was abandoned in Korea, adopted by Italians and raised in a town so small and white, someone asked: \u201cHow are you gonna understand her when she starts speaking?\u201d Fiercely loved and protected, she was taught to fear \u201cthe other\u201d while knowing \u201cthe other\u201d was herself. She started to write comedy to heal a wound. Now she writes to heal others, creating characters who think they\u2019re not enough, desperate to prove they\u2019re worthy of being saved. Stephanie lives in Los Angeles and is currently ISA\u2019s Story Farm fellow, Roadmap\u2019s Diversity Fellow, studied at UCLA extension and placed as a Finalist for Austin Film Festival, Final Draft\u2019s Big Break, CineStory, PAGE and The Writers Lab winner. A Broadway and TV\/Film actress in the time when presenting as Asian was a detriment, she has turned the pain of her race into a super power. Stephanie writes for everyone who\u2019s adopted. She writes for everyone who hates looking in the mirror. She writes for her children, so they may always love their eyes. In a pinch, Stephanie can perform a reverse vasectomy. See more about Stephanie here: https:\/\/www.networkisa.org\/profile\/stephanie-bast ","author_name":"The ISA Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.networkisa.org\/podcasts.php","html":"