EP. 286 | The Magic And Challenges Of Creative Partnership w/ Meg LeFauve & Joe Forte

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

An incredibly fun episode today! Lorien is in the host driver seat, chatting with Meg and her husband and writing partner Joe Forte about the art of collaboration and the process of writing with a partner. They both share with great vulnerability their challenges with it, and their absolute love of working together. What did they learn from another couple who does the same? What tools have they picked up along the way during their 30 years of marriage? Could they have done this when they were younger? And so much more. A delightful exploration of their journey together and the power of connection through story. --- Looking for more support on your writing journey? Join Meg and Lorien inside ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TSL Workshops⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Episode Links: Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TSL merch shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TSL on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Screenwriting Life is produced and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alex Alcheh.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	McDonald's wraps, all flavor, no mess. No drips on your drip or grease on your shirt,
0:05.0	no crumbs on your keyboard or sauce on your dashboard, just all the flavor of sweet chili chicken,
0:09.8	barbecue and bacon chicken and new Tika chicken. Rapt up neat.
0:13.5	Served after 11 a.m. Tika chicken wrap available until the 13th July 26. Feeze applied
0:18.5	to delivery orders subject to availability.
0:20.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to the screenwriting life. I'm Laurie and McKenna, and today I'm talking
0:24.5	to two of my favorite people about collaboration. Joining me are Joe Forte and Meg LaFove,
0:30.8	writing partners and life partners, and it brings me incredible joy to watch their faces as I read
0:36.5	their bio.
0:42.2	Meg and Joe have been partners for over 30 years, both in life and in the film industry.
0:46.3	They've worked for some of the biggest studios in Hollywood, including Pixar, Warner Brothers,
0:51.6	Paramount Netflix, Fox, and Sony, and with legendary stars like Jody Foster and Harrison Ford.
0:55.0	Currently, Forte and LaFoeve have an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Netflix films to write and direct for the streamer.
0:58.0	They've been writing as a team since 2020, both features and TV,
1:02.0	for studios such as Sony, MGM, Amazon, and A&E.
1:05.0	Joe's credits include the Harrison Ford Thriller Firewall,
1:08.0	in addition to creating and directing the documentary film The Man Who Saved Ben Hur, which streams on Amazon.
1:14.3	And Meg was nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing Pixar's Inside Out.
1:18.6	Her other writing credits include Inside Out 2, Captain Marvel, The Good Dinosaur, and My Father's Dragon.
1:24.1	Well, welcome to the show, Meg and Joe.
1:26.5	Thank you. Thanks for having me. It's a delight.
1:30.1	I am elated to be here. It's been an incredible journey and listening to our bio. It's pretty
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.