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 everyone, welcome back to the screenwriting life.

We have a little bit of a different show today.

It's just Jeff and I.

Lorian is taking a bit of a break.

Her daughter, her beautiful daughter, Quincy was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. So Lorian is taking some space to adjust to that and work with her daughter and help her daughter. So Loyans in her own bit of lava, I guess we could say. So you got to give yourself some space and have your friends support you which is what we're doing today.

Lauren will be back it's just a small break small space for her.

And in the meantime. Yeah Jeff what are we gonna do, babe? We put our brains together and as you all know, I've been producing Megan Lorian on the screen anyway for a couple years now.

My journey with Megan Lorian started when I invited them on an old podcast I used to host to interview them.

And I feel like we had a really good interview,

but it was very craft-oriented,

which is always valuable.

But I feel like I didn't really get to dig into kind

of getting to know both of you in terms of your pre-writing career and

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