Hey, welcome to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafov. 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 the screenwriting life.

For today's show, we're going to share some things that we collected from professional writers

when we asked, what are some unspoken things that you're supposed to know that you didn't know and so I think it'll be a really fun episode. I learned a lot just by these submissions so I think it will be really fun.

And they've been submitted anonymously so we're just going to read them out today

but they're all pro writers and it was super fun great it was Lorian's idea

it's such a great idea but first we're gonna talk about our weeks or what we like to call

adventures in screenwriting L and how was your week?

Good.

It's still the beginning of the year.

I am trying really hard to prioritize my mental and physical health, which has been a struggle

because a couple years ago I was diagnosed with ADHD, and I was prescribed Adderall, and, but since October, there has been this national shortage of it and I can't get my hands on it.

And at first when I stopped taking it, I was like, oh no, this is good, this is good, I feel good.

But lately I've been feeling not good

and it's really startling to me

how much

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