Hey everyone, it's Laurian. Welcome to the screenwriting life. This is a little before the

episode message, and I know this is unusual, but there is a reason. The reason is that I want to

give you some context about this episode before you hear it. Don't worry. Nothing bad happens.

It's nothing traumatic.

But we do get very much into it. And I don't mean into it with each other. I mean, we start off the episode in kind of a not amazing place because this episode really is about what the hell are we

doing? Why are we doing it? And what do we do when this happens?

So just to prepare you that it starts out a little bit like that. But then Meg and I really

talk through it and figure it out. And at the end of it, I know I came to a really good place.

And I hope she did too. And I wanted to let you all know that the sort of call to action that I left

the episode with, I really held onto it. And it really helped me like get back into it. It really

helped me choose to continue to do this. And I have been crushing it on this TV show that I'm working on.

And I'm really inspired and really focused.

So this is a short message, hopefully it's short, to let you know to hang in with the episode

and that it really is about all the things we talk about on the podcast. Find your people,

tell the truth, ask for help, be honest with yourself, and decide to stay in it

and come up with a plan. So the point is this started out very much like, I don't know what the

hell my act two is, and now I have one. So just wanted to set you up a little bit. Hang in there, and I'll see you at the end of the episode where I say the thing I always say, but you have to get to the end of the episode to hear it.

Okay, thanks.

Bye.

All right, everyone.

Welcome back to the screenwriting life.

I'm Meglophov.

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