We were lucky to catch up with Janet Kravetz recently and have shared our conversation below.

Janet, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. How did you come up with the idea for your business?

I started writing the Sky Curse novel series back in 2014 when my book of poetry won the Beverly Hills Book Award (under the poetry category). Reaching Beyond Ourselves – Leading a Spiritual, Peaceful and Diverse World contains my poetic prayers for world peace. Then, by reading online news and policy papers, I realized that the next challenges for the world would be the climate chaos that’s upon us and technology that’s stronger and smarter than humans.

At that point, I had a simple message to convey: Like fire, technology is a tool in the hands of humans. For now. It is up to humanity to decide, at this point in history, how to use it — for human survival or for human destruction.

I published the Sky Curse novel on Amazon in 2022 (384 pages) and it has a lot of content to potentially become a TV series. Recently, I also wrote an award-winning TV pilot script, which is based on the novel.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I’m a Canadian award-winning writer with a global perspective. In Sky Curse I focus on topics of climate chaos and sustainability. Former policy analyst, I’m passionate about promoting hope through my writing and turning my sci-fi novel series IP universe into a successful TV series with global appeal.

In terms of what draws me to writing scripts, I love watching TV shows and movies as much as I love reading books. I have always wanted to try and write a script because it has the potential to bring my written words to life.

I have never formally studied screenwriting. I’m a lawyer and a professional policy analyst by training. In my creative pursuits, I’m mostly a self-learner. I went from digitally enhanced photography to poetry to sci-fi novel writing to script writing. I usually heavily rely on my creative intuition and sometimes get some structure tips from reading books, watching tutorials, and talking to mentors. I can’t say I enjoy one creative pursuit more than another, but I’m starting to really love script writing.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

I’m a professional researcher and I took a long time to research the topics. Ironically, I used AI algorithms to research the topics of AI and global warming on YouTube, Amazon books, and Google search engine/Google Scholar articles. Without technology and AI, “Sky Curse” could have been simpler and might not have had a chance to stand the test of time.

One of the challenges of writing the script was that, unfortunately, the events happening in the book started happening in real life in Nova Scotia (where I live) like deadly floods and unprecedented wildfires. AI also has progressed leaps and bounds around the world since then. So, the script has to be much more dramatic than the novel. I keep rewriting it to reflect the future and not the present.

Have you ever had to pivot?

In my creative pursuits I moved from writing poetry to writing sci-fi novel series and then to writing scripts. I keep updating my skills and learning new ways of not only writing, but also thinking. It’s always a bit unsettling to start something new, but on the bright side, I love those inner butterflies that tell me that I’m ready and eager to embark on a new adventure.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.authorjanetkravetz.com/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janet-kravetz-b6a59a1b5/
• Youtube: https://youtu.be/eDXJY9y2GG8