Hey, welcome to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafour. And I'm L'Orian 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 lights

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 guys, welcome back to today's show.

We're so glad you could join us.

Yeah, welcome.

We're really excited about the show today.

We're going to talk about creating a character with agency.

And before we get to that topic,

we're going to talk about our week and what we like to call

Adventures in Screenwriting.

And I'm realizing as I talk, I left the door open behind me.

Can you hear the giant plane going overhead?

No, yes, is it okay?

Whatever.

Hey, it's, it's Corona, Corona Podcast.

Okay, Lorian, how is your week?

My week was good, I think.

It's always interesting to get to the end of the week on the show and then looking back to figure out what I actually accomplished.

So this week I worked on a couple of pitches. I have a feature that I am doing a polish on.

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