Hey everyone welcome back to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafour.

And I'm Lorian McKenna and today we're going to talk to you emerging writers out there. So like let's say you're just

starting out you want to be a screen writer now what? Yes where do you begin? So before we do that we're going to be talking

about our weeks or what we like to call adventures in screenwriting.

Meg, how is your week?

My week, well I'm packing to go on a trip and I hate everything I own and it's completely filling me with anxiety.

And because now I'm like, oh my butt looks so fat in these pants, why don't even own them?

And, you know, I'm just kind of having an anxiety spiral about it.

But you know, when I have nightmares, if I'm, you know, everybody has certain nightmares that you have if you're

anxious or worried mine is standing in a closet trying to figure out what to

wear well the party's going on downstairs I can't figure it out and then I

finally the party's over and I missed the whole thing so I'm living my nightmare right now

Don't miss the party Meg

I'm getting on the plane whatever I put in the suitcase which is what always happens I just start to numb out and throw things in a suitcase and I zip it up but what I thought why this is relevant at all screen writing is I'm realizing I do the same thing with my projects.

It's like I'm two people. There's the person who planned this trip which was like

this dreamer, I'm going for it, nobody's going to stop me, I'm going to Africa

and I'm going to take my kids and it's going to be perfect and we're going to see lions and we're going to stay in a

tent in the Savannah and it's going to stay in a tent in the savanna and it's going to be amazing and I'm going to save my money so I can do it and I have all these big ideas and I go for it and I do it.

And then the practical arrives and I'm like I'm just filled with anxiety I'm like I have to get on a

prompt plane wait a minute I don't I have to take all get shots Wait a minute. I don't, I have to take all, get shots.

Wait a minute.

There's going to be animals in a tent.

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