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The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Today we feature of two of Hollywood’s most exciting up-and-comers, Caitlin Vukorpa and Zoe Cheng, who both have experience in writer’s rooms and agencies to answer all of the questions you’ve ever wondered about that path. Is it possible to do both? Will the experience help you in your career? Stay tuned to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:13.9

Captain Marvel.

0:14.8

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.

0:23.0

Had a not only survive the ups and downs but thrive.

0:26.0

We want to help you become the best screenwriter you can be and to reassure you that you are not alone on this journey.

0:32.0

Hey everyone, welcome back to the show.

0:34.0

Today we're chatting with two rising stars in our industry,

0:37.0

Zoe Chang and Caitlin Fucorpa,

0:39.0

who are going to discuss the ecosystem of the writer slash assistance navigating their early

0:45.2

careers in Hollywood. Zoe is a Taiwanese American writer who is currently a story

0:50.4

editor on season four of the rookie, a position she earned after her stint with the

0:55.5

2020 Walt Disney Television Writing Program. After earning her BFA from USC for writing for Screen and Television.

1:03.5

Zoe worked as a Writers PA.

1:05.7

Caitland earned her MFA in Television Writing and Production at Chapman

1:10.1

and has interned with CBS Television Studio CAA and ICM partners where she currently works as an assistant in the LIT department.

1:18.0

And oh my God, I only did one stumble. Applause, applause.

1:22.0

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:24.0

So we're really excited to have these two young writers with us.

1:28.0

They're in the thick of it when it comes to navigating Hollywood

1:31.0

as emerging writers for Caitlin and established writer for Zoe.

1:36.0

We can't wait to gather some intel and some insight into their journey.

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