141 | Television Writing Foundations w/ Javier Grillo-Marxauch

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Emmy-winning TV super-producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach is back. This time, he chats about his wonderful essay "WHAT I DO ON THE PAGE." clarifying that ultimately, the basic mechanics or writing are also the advanced mechanics of writing. HERE is the essay we're discussing: http://okbjgm.weebly.com/uploads/3/1/5/0/31506003/script_essay.pdf HERE is Javi's first appearance on our show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/46-writing-great-tv-characters-w-javier-grillo-marxuach/id1501641442?i=1000522797405 HERE is our patreon: www.patreon.com/thescreenwritinglife

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0:00.0	Hey everyone welcome back to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lefove and I'm
0:07.8	Lorian McKenna. Today we are welcoming back Javier Grejo Mark's Watch whom you
0:12.3	should remember from episode 46 of our show when he talked about
0:15.4	operational theme for television shows, which I personally have listened to, like I don't know how many
0:20.9	times because it's just one of my favorite episodes so
0:24.4	hello hobby and welcome to the show thank you for having me back I really appreciate it
0:28.3	yeah and we are having you back for another deep dive this time we're going to discuss your wonderful essay what I do on the page
0:35.3	which is an in-depth look at some of the screenwriting basics that we all sometimes overlook so we're
0:42.0	really excited to get into that and to have you back on the show.
0:44.8	Thank you, I really appreciate it.
0:46.4	Yeah, great essay.
0:47.4	We will on the Facebook page, market, so you guys can all go over there and please read the essay.
0:53.0	I'm going to link it in the description of the episode as well.
0:55.2	So if you're listening now and you want to read along,
0:57.8	scroll down and just click it.
0:58.9	We're going to go over some highlights.
1:00.5	We're interactive now, Harvey.
1:02.0	I love it.
1:03.0	Be impressed.
1:05.0	It's like one of those books my kids read where there's a ding and then you turn the page,
1:08.0	you know, like, yeah.
1:09.0	Yeah.
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