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The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

213 Episodes • By Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna • www.facebook.com/thescreenwritin...
Welcome to The Screenwriting Life, a podcast where Oscar-nominated writer Meg LeFauve and Emmy-nominated writer Lorien McKenna discuss not only the craft and business of Screenwriting, but also the emotional life: the ups and downs of being a creative, to remind you that you are not alone and to kee ...more
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206 | Everything You Need To Know About The Writer's Guild Foundation Library (a FREE Treasure Trove)
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Jul 25 2024 1h 4m
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205 | ANNOUNCEMENT: Last Day For A LIFETIME Discount on TSL Workshops
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Jul 21 2024 52 sec
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204 | The Hero's Journey ft. Christopher Vogler
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Jul 18 2024 1h 21m
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203 | BONUS: TSL Workshops Exclusive Preview
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Jul 15 2024 30m
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202 | Turning The Tables: Meg and Lorien Interviewed By Screenwriting Teacher/Author Andrew Zinnes
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Jul 11 2024 1h 11m
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201 | Mail Bag + Thoughts About the Dreaded Act 2b
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Jul 5 2024 1h 10m
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200 | Discovering & Embracing Your Strengths As A Writer (ft. Showrunner Joey Slamon)
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Jun 28 2024 1h 3m
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Episode Drops TOMORROW.
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Jun 27 2024 38 sec
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199 | The New Look Creator/Showrunner on Finding Empathy for our Characters
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Jun 20 2024 1h 9m
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198 | Girls5Eva Creator Meredith Scardino On How To Become INDISPENSABLE In A Writer's Room
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Jun 19 2024 1h 17m
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197 | Inside Out 2 Director Kelsey Mann and Writer Meg LeFauve on How To Approach A Sequel
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Jun 13 2024 1h 10m
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196 | Inside Out 2 Writers Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein
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Jun 6 2024 1h 3m
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195 | Dustin Lance Black: Writing (And Adapting) Compelling Protagonists
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May 30 2024 1h 9m
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194 | Romantic Comedy Writing Masterclass w/ Billy Mernit
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May 23 2024 1h 10m
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193 | Ten Common Traps That Will Kill Your Script (Pt. 2)
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May 16 2024 1h 5m
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192 | Ten Common Traps That Will Kill Your Script (Pt. 1)
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May 9 2024 59m
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191 | Writing Visually On The Page (And Connecting To Your Theme) ft. Linda Seger
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May 2 2024 58m
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190 | Getting Candid About The Business of Hollywood (ft. Navid McIlhargey)
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Apr 25 2024 1h 21m
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189 | Create Your Hollywood Game Plan w/ Carole Kirschner
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Apr 18 2024 1h 10m
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188 | Playwriting (and some BTS Behind the Making of Coco) ft. Octavio Solis
Octavio Solis is among the most celebrated playwrigh... more
Apr 11 2024 1h 15m
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187 | Writing For Multi-Cam Sitcoms (w/ Lopez vs Lopez Showrunner Debby Wolfe)
Even though Debby Wolfe began her career writing "ed... more
Apr 4 2024 48m
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186 | A Crash Course For Showrunners (And Their Staff Writers) ft. Jeff Melvoin
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Mar 28 2024 1h 20m
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185 | Why Tone and Genre ≠ Plot (ft. Cole Haddon)
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Mar 21 2024 1h 3m
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184 | What Does A Hollywood Studio Reader Do? (TSL Listener Spotlight)
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Mar 14 2024 1h 2m
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183 | How The Animated Film Industry Is Changing (And Why That Matters Creatively): WAR IS OVER Chat, Part 2
This year, one of the most talked about Animated Sho... more
Mar 8 2024 44m
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