Hey, welcome to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafour. And I'm

L'Orian 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 life.

Had a 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 guys, welcome back to the screenwriting life.

Today we're talking about one of the most common questions we get on the show,

what is our work life balance or is it truly possible to have a work life balance in this industry?

Yeah, I get asked this all the time. I think this is a really popular question asked of women,

especially and I am sort of very now in the throes of trying to figure this out.

So I'm excited to hear what you have to say, Meg, and what I have to say.

I'm always surprised what I have to say on the show.

Meaning we're going to figure it out with you.

But before we get to that, we're going to talk about our weeks or we call Adventures in Screenwriting.

Lorian, how was your week? about our week's or we call Adventures in Screenwriting.

Lorian, how was your week?

So my week is such a good example of, I don't know if it's a failure of work life,

balance or management or whatever, but just I didn't get much actual writing done.

I had a lot of stuff going on you know I got my COVID booster earlier in the week I had a failed attempt to get my kid one, finally got it this morning,

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