51 | Vanessa Taylor On Non-Verbal Storytelling Secrets

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Not only is Oscar-nominated writer Vanessa Taylor's resume impressive, it's beautifully varied. Vanessa has written on serialized network TV shows, high-concept prestige premium cable dramas (GOT anybody??), a YA novel adaptation, and even a creature feature love story w/ celebrated filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro (yes, we are talking about The Shape of Water.) But Vanessa sees powerful themes that tie her work together like a commitment to propulsive story engines driven by high-agency characters who tell us WHO they are, through their behavior. Vanessa offers us BEAUTIFUL advice in today's episode, and we can't wait for you to hear it!

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafour. And I'm
0:04.1	L'Orian McKenna. We are professional screenwriters. We've worked together as a
0:07.6	team and separately. We've worked on studio and indie films, live action and
0:11.4	animation from my work on Inside Out and
0:13.9	Captain Marvel. To my work in Pixar Story Department on Up, Brave, and Inside Out.
0:18.8	We are here to share our insights on the craft of screenwriting and also the life, how to not only survive the
0:24.6	ups and downs but thrive. We want to help you become the best screenwriter you can be
0:28.9	and to reassure you that you are not alone on this journey.
0:32.0	Hey guys, welcome back to the show.
0:34.0	Today, we are thrilled to be chatting with one of
0:38.0	Hollywood's most well-known and respected screenwriters,
0:41.0	Vanessa Taylor.
0:42.0	Vanessa is a prolific writer in place. screenwriters Vanessa Taylor.
0:48.1	Vanessa is a prolific writer in both TV and film having worked on original shows like alias, Game of Thrones, Divergent, and Hillbilly Elegy. She shares an Oscar nomination for
0:54.5	Professor Original Screenplay with Guillermo del Toro for 2018's best picture winner
0:59.5	The Shape of Water and we're going to talk about all of the nuts and bolts of her extensive and impressive resume. We're very excited that you're here. Welcome, Vanessa.
1:10.0	Welcome.
1:11.0	Welcome.
1:12.0	Hi, thank you so much for having me.
1:14.5	We're so excited to have you here with us.
1:17.4	One of my favorite people in the world.
1:19.4	Oh, thank you.
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