Look, the mission wasn't impossible, but getting Chris McCory to stay in one place to interview

him and co-writer Eric Jenderson in one place at one time, when you are also traveling at the same

time, through three different time zones where we could all meet.

It wasn't impossible.

It was just kind of difficult sometimes.

Howdy, I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple.

Each week I plan to bring you in-depth insight into the creative process of storytelling.

And folks, yes, it was kind of difficult, but we did it, and it took weeks, to be honest,

because I had a family trip planned. Chris was traveling the world on his press tour and then

taking some time off.

And just with a lot of coordination and our good friend Zoom, we finally made it happen.

And I'm really glad we did because there's a lot of interesting insights into Mission

Impossible, the final reckoning in today's episode.

Without a doubt, there was a lot of ground to cover and writer-director Christopher McCorry

and his co-writer Eric Jenderson were very generous with their time and were very forthcoming

about their creative process and what it took to get this challenging film made, so I know

you'll dig this episode.

And speaking of things to dig, I hope you check out Backstory magazine over at Backstory.net.

We turned 13 this year, and we couldn't have done it without you.

It's also my 20th year of podcasting.

I couldn't have done that without you.

So look, it would really mean a lot to me for my podcast listeners and Apple Podcasts at Spotify

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