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The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

72 | Three-Dimensional Character Toolbox: Wants, Desires, and Agency

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Happy Holidays TSL Fam!!! In this greatest hits episode, we provide insight from some of our sharpest guests to help YOU create the most interesting, compelling, and ACTIVE characters you can. Today's show features insights from: Mike Jones Ed Solomon Sheila Hanahan Taylor Javier Grillo-Marxuach Stacy Rukeyser Nicole Perlman Sam Bain Enjoy! As always, thank you to Jess Fisher who put this episode together! 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

0:04.1

L'Orian McKenna. We are professional screenwriters. We've worked together as a

0:07.6

team and separately. We've worked on studio and indie films, live action and

0:11.4

animation, from my work on Inside Out and

0:13.9

Captain Marvel. 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.

0:23.5

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

0:26.6

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

0:29.1

and to reassure you that you are not alone on this journey.

0:35.0

What is up, TSL family? Producer Jeff here coming to you from the basement of my wife's house in Carmel, Indiana.

0:39.0

And this would be a special show for you.

0:41.0

Actually, I want to say extra special thanks to Jess Fisher

0:45.1

who put this episode together.

0:46.9

It's all about creating wants, desires, and agency in our characters.

0:51.1

And like we do with these kind of special hits episodes, we got some of our our think like every guest that comes on our show is one of our best guests because we have

1:03.8

such a such a good track record of amazing people on the show but these are some

1:08.5

clips that will help inspire drive and motivation and dimension and agency in your character.

1:15.8

So I think it's another instant TSL Classic.

1:18.5

Thank you so much to Jess for your hard work putting this episode together.

1:21.8

And if you want more on who is particularly

1:23.6

speaking in each of these clips it is in the episode description below so make

1:27.1

sure you check that out and I also just want to say a very happy holiday to

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