283 | The Art of the Character Introduction
The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna
Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Abercrombie knows how denim should fit and feel, |
| 0:03.0 | and this year is about curating a denim collection that carries your closet. |
| 0:07.0 | Head straight to Abercrombie's baggy and ultra baggy fits. |
| 0:11.0 | These are the pairs that turn any t or shirt into a full outfit. |
| 0:15.0 | All of their jeans come in classic fit with select jeans available athletic fit, |
| 0:19.0 | designed for guys who want more room in the thigh |
| 0:21.9 | shop abacromby denim in the app online and in stores today we're sharing a supercut of answers to |
| 0:34.8 | the craft question that we've been asking our guests over the last year. |
| 0:38.0 | What's your approach to character introductions? |
| 0:40.5 | Choosing how to introduce a character can be tough. |
| 0:42.6 | You have limited space and every detail has to count. |
| 0:45.7 | Let's see how some of the pros approach it. |
| 0:48.8 | We always ask, we're starting to ask our guests the same two craft questions because we just want to hear how different people approach things. |
| 0:56.0 | So we'd love to ask you about character introductions and how you as a writer approach character introductions. |
| 1:03.0 | You mean when I'm introducing them to the person who's going to be paying to make my show or when I introduce them to the audience. On the page. |
| 1:11.6 | You mean your coffee, your wonderful coffee meetings? |
| 1:14.6 | No, no, on the page. |
| 1:16.6 | So you've got to introduce Fiona Shaw's character or you have to introduce a character to the audience. |
| 1:21.6 | Here she is. |
| 1:23.6 | Do you approach that in any particular way or thought? |
| 1:26.6 | Um, I, yeah, I do. Do you approach that in any particular way or thought? |
| 1:31.3 | Yeah, I do. |
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