238 | How To Create and Maintain a Screenwriting Career Outside of LA or NY (ft. Will Fetters and Chris Sparling)

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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JOIN TSL WORKSHOPS: https://tslworkshops.cricle.so For decades, if you wanted to make it as a Hollywood writer, the first step was simple: move to Hollywood. But increasingly, screenwriters have found that they're able to create and foster screenwriting careers outside of Los Angeles. Two folks who have done that successfully, Will Fetters and Chris Sparling, join us today to talk about the practical logistics of making your Hollywood writing career work no matter where you live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4	Hey everyone. Welcome back to the screenwriting life. I'm Lorian McKenna and Meg can't join us today. But with us as always is producer Jeff.
0:42.8	I'm thrilled to be here and I'm even more excited to talk to both of our guests, Will Fetters and Chris Sparling. Will is Oscar nominated for co-writing a Star is born alongside Bradley Cooper and Eric Roth, but it's also known for movies like Hustle and The Lucky One, Alongside Nicholas Sparks.
0:57.0	Chris has written 12 produced movies, among them buried, starring Reinholds, the Sea of Tree, starring Matthew McConaughey, and Greenland starring Gerard Butler.
1:06.7	Neither Chris nor will live in L.A. or New York permanently. And they've both created and sustained
1:11.4	great careers, which we thought would make a great episode, especially for our listeners who
1:16.3	don't live in L.A. or New York right now. So hi. Welcome to the show. Hello. Thank you for having me.
1:23.0	So we can't wait to talk to both of you about that. But before we do, we're going to be talking about our weeks or what we like to call Adventures in Screenwriting. Lurian, let's start with you.
1:30.4	How is your week? My week was phenomenal for change because I have started working with an assistant
1:37.5	who is my external executive function. And I meet with her every morning. And we go over my to do list, all the things I'm
1:46.6	supposed to do, all the meetings I have, making sure I'm prepped. And she bosses me around a little,
1:51.4	which I love when I try to cram too many things in a day. She's like, but wait, you can't do all
1:56.2	those things. Let's move that to this other day. And it is so amazing to be able to talk through it with somebody
2:03.2	because I, you know, I'm alone. I sit in my office in my basement in Burbank. And, but it's nice to
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