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And as we approach the holiday, we wanted to rebroadcast a fan favorite with writer Aereen Trandana Hugh who's written multiple Christmas movies for Netflix and lifetime

We will be back with a new episode next week, but in the meantime enjoy this Christmas

classic here on TSL.

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. and only survive the ups and downs but thrive. We want to help you become the best

screen writer you can be and to reassure you that you are not alone on this journey.

Hey everyone welcome back to the show. Today we're chatting with writer Irene Tran Donahue who is well known in the holiday movie space

attracting a list names like Kelsey Grammer and Jane Seymour.

Earene has three movies produced for lifetime,

Sugar and Spice Holiday, the 12 Days of Christmas Eve,

and a Christmas spark, and more on the way.

She is passionate about understanding the market for holiday movies while still emphasizing the importance of bringing your own voice, culture, and experiences into your writing.

Hey, Irene, thanks for having the show here. I'm excited. I'm a big fan of your show and both of you of your work and I love talking about writing so it's nice to be talking with other writers about it instead of people who like my husband who's like yeah no.

Oh he like nods you know he's like oh good okay. I'm so excited because you are our first annual holiday special.

Oh, yay!

So exciting.

We actually now have a holiday special and it's you.

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