246 | Do I Need to Self-Produce to Sell My Writing? (ft. Emily Brundige)

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Emily Brundige was tired of waiting around for gatekeepers to say yes. So, she stopped asking. In this candid conversation with Lorien, Emily shares how her frustration with the traditional hurry-up-and-wait pitch process pushed her to self-produce an animated short. That project — born from passion, resourcefulness, and a refusal to wait — eventually became GOLDIE, a series now on Apple TV+. They dive into what it actually takes to make your own work, how festivals and buzz helped build momentum, and why animation is such a powerful space for self-starters. If you've ever felt stuck in development limbo, this episode might just give you the spark (and strategy) to make your move. CHECK OUT EMILY'S BOOK HERE: https://www.emilybrundige.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:02.1	I'm Rebecca. I'm Josephine's mom.
0:03.8	I'm Elisa.
0:04.6	Can I go over to Josie's house to play?
0:06.4	She met a new friend and puff.
0:07.9	She's gone.
0:09.0	An ordinary play date.
0:10.5	The missing child is Lucia Blix.
0:12.4	Nine years old.
0:13.4	Is about to become every parent's nightmare.
0:16.3	The people who took Lucia plund it meticulously.
0:19.9	She's hiding something. I know it.
0:21.6	The Stolen Girl, a new original series, streaming April 16 exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.6	18 plus subscription required.
0:28.6	T's and C's apply.
0:29.6	Hey everyone, welcome back to the screenwriting life.
0:35.6	I'm Lorian McKenna, and today I'm chatting with Emily Brundage, an animation writer and showrunner and songwriter and among other things.
0:44.8	She is an L.A. native, and she began her animation career with the YouTube series, Pubertina, which explored the awkwardness of puberty and amassed over 22 million views.
0:55.0	Since then, she's written and developed shows for top networks and studios like Disney, Fox, Warner Brothers, DreamWorks, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon,
1:02.8	becoming known for blending quirky humor with heartfelt moments.
1:06.4	In 2019, she released her award-winning short, Goldie, which inspired her latest project, Goldie,
1:12.8	an original animated show, which premiered on Apple TV Plus
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