The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

259 Episodes

1. 189 | Create Your Hollywood Game Plan w/ Carole Kirschner

   Published: 4/18/2024
2. 188 | Playwriting (and some BTS Behind the Making of Coco) ft. Octavio Solis

   Published: 4/11/2024
3. 187 | Writing For Multi-Cam Sitcoms (w/ Lopez vs Lopez Showrunner Debby Wolfe)

   Published: 4/4/2024
4. 186 | A Crash Course For Showrunners (And Their Staff Writers) ft. Jeff Melvoin

   Published: 3/28/2024
5. 185 | Why Tone and Genre ≠ Plot (ft. Cole Haddon)

   Published: 3/21/2024
6. 184 | What Does A Hollywood Studio Reader Do? (TSL Listener Spotlight)

   Published: 3/14/2024
7. 183 | How The Animated Film Industry Is Changing (And Why That Matters Creatively): WAR IS OVER Chat, Part 2

   Published: 3/8/2024
8. 182 | What Goes Into Creating an Oscar-nominated Animated Short?: WAR IS OVER Chat, Part 1

   Published: 3/7/2024
9. 181 | Nimona Co-Writer Lloyd Taylor On The World Of Animated Feature Films

   Published: 2/29/2024
10. 180 | Award Winning "Wingspan" Game Designer Compares Writing To Game Design (ft. Elizabeth Hargrave)

    Published: 2/22/2024
11. 179 | Feature Film Story Engine Checklist: 8 Elements To Turn A Situation Into A MOVIE

    Published: 2/15/2024
12. 178 | The Holdovers Writer David Hemingson On Finding Humanity In Our Characters

    Published: 2/8/2024
13. 177 | Past Lives Writer/Director Celine Song: Standing In Your Authority As a Writer and Artist

    Published: 2/1/2024
14. 176 | Michael Arndt on Balancing Plot & Emotional Storytelling

    Published: 1/25/2024
15. 175 | American Fiction Writer/Director Cord Jefferson's Advice For Adaptating Material

    Published: 1/18/2024
16. BONUS: 174 | Jodie Foster on Building Truthful Characters (REBROADCAST)

    Published: 1/15/2024
17. 173 | Adam Grant On Practical Ways To Unlock Our Creative Potential

    Published: 1/11/2024
18. 172 | The Money Episode (Don’t Panic!) ft. Paco de Leon

    Published: 1/4/2024
19. 171 | Permission To Dream

    Published: 12/28/2023
20. 170 | REBROADCAST: How To Write A Christmas or Holiday Movie (w/ Eirene Tran Donohue)

    Published: 12/21/2023