31 | Finding INSPIRATION In Your Writing

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Maybe your facing the blank page, maybe you're facing the second act, or maybe your facing your millionth rewrite; EVERY writer has hit that wall where there's nothing left in the tank, even though you need to get that car HOME. Where do you find inpsiration? It's in there, and Meg and Lorien are going to help you get there. Maybe you need some help with plot, or maybe you need to learn how to love your characters again, but WHATEVER it is, we're giving you strategies to get there!

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafour. And I'm L'Orian McKenna.
0:05.0	We are professional screenwriters. We've worked together as a team and separately.
0:09.0	We've worked on studio and indie films, live action and animation, from my work on Inside Out and
0:13.8	Captain Marvel. To my work in Pixar Story Department on Up, Brave, and Inside Out.
0:17.9	We are here to share our insights on the craft of screenwriting and also the lights,
0:23.5	had to not only survive the ups and downs, but thrive.
0:26.6	We want to help you become the best screenwriter you can be
0:29.1	and to reassure you that you are not alone on this journey. Hi guys, welcome back.
0:35.0	I'm so glad you could be here with us.
0:37.0	Today we're going to be talking about inspiration.
0:41.0	So hope you're here for a little inspiration.
0:43.7	Lorry and I'm hoping you will inspire me.
0:46.2	Well, I am looking for inspiration this week,
0:49.6	so I am hoping in talking about it, perhaps after this I can I can have I can be inspired
0:55.3	because I feel oh you would be like a dried out husk of of say, Lorraine, that was a pretty inspired metaphor, or similarly, I guess.
1:07.3	So there's something in there.
1:08.3	It was very evocative.
1:10.1	Oh my God, I'm working on being a a writer so thank you for the compliment.
1:15.4	All right but first let's talk about our week or what we'd like to call
1:19.4	Adventures in Screenwriting.
1:20.9	Lorian how was your week?
1:23.1	My week has been okay.
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