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.

We are here to share our insights on the craft of screenwriting and also the lights,

had to not only survive the ups and downs, but thrive.

We want to help you become the best screenwriter you can be

and to reassure you that you are not alone on this journey.

Hi guys, welcome back to the show.

It's so great to have you here.

We are excited for today's show because we are talking to Mike Jones,

one of the writers of Pixar's new movie Soul, which comes to Disney Plus on Christmas Day.

So Mike has been a writer and story consultant to Pixar Animation Studios since June of 2013 and joined the studio full time in March 2017.

He has served on the brain trust of many

Pixar films including Finding Dory, Incredibles II,

and the Academy Award winning features Inside Out, Coco,

and Toy Story 2.

And he also serves on the story trusts

of many Spark shorts, as well as features an early, early development.

I'm learning how to talk through this.

This is good.

He's as a senior story and creative artist,

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