Hey, welcome to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafov. And I'm Lorraine McKenna. We are professional screenwriters. We've worked together as a team and separately. We've worked on studio and indie films, live action and animation, from my work on Inside Out and

Captain Marvel. To my work in Pixar Story Department on Up, Brave, and Inside Out.

We are here to share our insights on the craft of screenwriting and also the lights,

had to not only survive the ups and downs, but thrive.

We want to help you become the best screenwriter you can be

and to reassure you that you are not alone on this journey. Hey everyone, welcome back to the show.

Today we are chatting with screenwriter Sam Thane,

who is one of the industry's foremost comedy writers

having co-created four separate British sitcoms for the BBC and Channel 4.

Sam's also written shorts and features and we are very excited to have him on the show today.

And spoiler alert Sam is also a fan of our show. So we may be diving into some lava today,

though he has already told us he's not crying. But first let's get into talking about our week or what we like to call

Adventures in Screenwriting and thank you Sam for being here and doing your week

with us and in letting us pick your brain.

I'm excited. I'm really, really thrilled to be here. I'm a big fan as you know.

Great. Thank you.

Well, as usual, August start with my week first.

So today I worked on today.

Sorry.

What day is it?

This week I worked on a lot of pitches for TV shows.

So I finished one and I'm waiting for the meeting to get set.

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