Hey, welcome to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafour. And I'm Lorraine McKenna.

We are professional screenwriters. We've worked together as a team and separately. We've worked

on studio and indie films, live action, and animation, from my work on Inside Out and

Captain Marvel. To my work in Pixar Story Department on Up, Brave, and Inside Out.

We are here to share our insights on the craft of screenwriting and also the life.

Had a not only survived the ups and downs, but thrives.

We want to help you become the best screenwriter you can be

and to reassure you that you are not alone on this journey.

Hey everyone, welcome back to the screenwriting life.

Meg is out of town this week, so it'll just be me and Jeff

and our special guest, acclaimed animation writer,

director Patrick Osborn.

In addition to directing one of my favorite animated shorts, Feast,

he animated on films like Surfs Up, I am Legend,

Bolt, Tangled, and Wreck-It-R Ralph, which I also love, among others.

Patrick is an Oscar-winning Emmy-nominated creator who has traced an unconventional path in the entertainment business that includes

creating a live-action sitcom, Imaginary Mary,

and recently directing a concert film for one of the world's biggest pop stars,

Billy Eilish, Patrick, welcome to the show.

I'm super excited to be here and talk to you both. I'm a fan of the show, it's all it's cool to see behind the curtain.

It's very special.

Luckily my my curtain is closed so nobody can see that behind that curtain behind me that no one at home can see this is my laundry room.

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