Hey everyone, welcome to the screenwriting life. I'm Lori and McKenna, and today we're joined by

Emmy-nominated TV writer-producer and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg. Melissa was the creator and showrunner

of Marvel's critically acclaimed Jessica Jones, which won a Peabody Award in 2015. She served as

the head writer and executive producer for the TV series Dexter on Showtime.

And in the movie world, she wrote the screenplays for the film adaptations of the Twilight series.

Welcome to the show, Melissa.

Thank you.

Delanoly to be here.

So I'm really excited to chat with you about all these projects and procedurals and sort of how to build tension and suspense.

But before we do that, we're going to do adventures in screenwriting or, you know, how is your week?

And I'll go first.

So last weekend, we were at AFF, Austin Film Festival, and it was amazing. And, you know, Meg and I do

panels and some on our own. I do a mock writer's room. And then after our big event on Saturday

night, which was about want, plot, right, and doing some exercises around what do you want and what is

that really like in terms of a physical goal. And then we have a party after at the bar right there.

And I had an opportunity to hear from a lot of people who listen to the show.

And this happens every year.

And I've never really been able to take it in.

It's sort of a deflection and oh, it's not me.

And this was the first year I was able to accept with grace other people's

gratitude for the show because I realized it's bigger than me. It's the community. It's the feeling of it.

It's not just me. And so that allowed me to sort of let it in my body, which made me very vulnerable.

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