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The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

7 | Mastering Structure In Your Screenplay: Part II

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

If you haven't listened to last week's episode, jump back and make sure you're caught up, because this week, we're picking up at the midpoint. PLUS, as always, we answer your incredible questions, here, on The Screenwriting Life podcast! Make sure to subscribe to Popcorn Talk! - http://youtube.com/popcorntalknetwork 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. HELPFUL LINKS: Website - http://popcorntalk.com Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thepopcorntalk Merch - http://shop.spreadshirt.com/PopcornTalk/ 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

0:03.7

interview popcorn talk we talk movies.

0:09.6

Hey guys welcome back. Thanks for joining us back at our screenwriting life from home.

0:16.3

As we mentioned last week, we're going to talk about structure this week.

0:20.4

Again, structure part two.

0:22.8

From the midpoint to the end of the movie, right?

0:26.7

Yeah.

0:28.0

And so before we do that, we're going to do

0:30.3

the segment on our show we like to call

0:31.8

Adventures in Screenwriting, which is checking

0:34.4

with each other about how our weeks were.

0:36.0

So Meg, how is your week?

0:38.5

My week was a bit of a roller coaster ride.

0:41.5

I mean, it's amazing that I can be locked in my house and

0:43.7

still have these highs and lows. I don't understand. I on one hand I had a

0:52.3

project that I've been waiting to commence on for three to five months if you talk about from when they said yes, you'll get the job through making a deal which took two months to a new saying ready go we're ready to pay you

1:06.1

recommending you five months I've been waiting turning down other work and it all fell apart.

1:13.8

Not due to me, but due to other attachments on the project and timing and

1:18.8

so super disappointing, but that is Hollywood man. never count what is it you never burden the hand you got to never

1:26.6

count your chickens further hatched whatever dumb phrase you want to put to that you know as

1:32.2

a writer you always have to have other things cook in you I'm a

1:35.7

plan B girl. You know I'm a me I know you know and I've got my plans B he's already going into action.

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