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The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

6 | Mastering Structure In Your Screenplay: Part I

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Writers dread the idea of feeling confined by a structure, but what they don't realize, is that structure is one of the greatest gifts that they can be given as a writer. Structure = story, and the best films ever made know how to "play within the rules." Today, we go over those rules!  Welcome to The Screenwriting Life. Join us as professional screenwriters, Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna, whose combined credits include writing and production on such films as Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur and Captain Marvel discuss the craft, journey and business of writing for the screen. From dialogue to delivery, Meg and Lorien will guide you through the process, offering inside tips and tricks to help you become the best writer you can be. And now Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to popcorn talk featuring movie discussion news and interviews

0:04.4

popcorn talk we talk movies.

0:10.3

Hey guys thanks so much for joining us again this week at the screenwriting life. We love having you and

0:16.7

As we continue to write everything out, we're bringing you the show remotely

0:21.8

Corona life remotely. Corona, Corona Life.

0:25.0

Today, as we mentioned last week,

0:27.0

we're going to talk to you about structure.

0:29.0

And the reason we thought we needed to do this was, you know, everybody has different ideas of what structure is to them and we just thought it was important that you guys know when worry and I say the word structure kind of what we mean and what that means in our brain.

0:45.2

So just as a base, just to lay it down for everyone.

0:50.0

So that's what we're going to talk about today.

0:52.0

But first we're going to do our section on how our week was.

0:56.5

Lorien, how was your week?

0:58.7

Well, I want to start by saying that right now

1:01.4

I'm experiencing some brownouts in my house so if the power

1:05.2

goes out then my internet goes out so Meg it'll be the Meg show today. So I

1:10.8

I couldn't get my Zoom to work on my computer so I'm doing it off my phone and someone keeps

1:15.6

texting me a million texts and interrupting. So if you see me put my finger forward into your

1:21.6

face and the camera that's because I'm trying to get rid of the

1:24.0

deck. So sorry, that's life. That is the role with the punches. That is the kind of week you have, you know, that is life right now.

1:31.5

Yeah, especially right now.

1:33.1

So my week, you know, I had a general on Zoom

1:38.7

which was interesting.

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