You know, the good news about today's episode is that if you ever get stranded on a desert

island, you'll now have a plan in place showing you how to survive. Step one, learn the language

of every animal on the island. If you could complete this simple step, everything else will

become quite difficult to tell you the truth. Howdy, I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A. My agenda is simple.

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

And folks, we've got a heck of an episode for you today. That's right, the Wild Robot,

and we have with us novelist Peter Brown and writer-director Chris Sanders. And the really good news is that the Wild Robot led the Annie Awards.

That's right, the Animation Awards with 10 nominations.

You know, one of the many things that was so cool about today's episode

was to have Peter explained to us what it was like to come up with this story when he was

writing his novel.

And then Chris to tell us what it was like when

he was adapting Peter's novel into the movie and making it cinematic. Both of these talented

writers were very forthcoming about their creative process and what it took to make this movie

so I know you'll dig this episode. And speaking of things to dig, I hope you'll check out

Backstory Magazine. We turned 12 this year and we couldn't have done it without you. And speaking of things to dig, I hope you'll check out Backstory Magazine. We turned

12 this year, and we couldn't have done it without you. And there's a lot going on in the magazine.

Our award season issue, our Gladiator 2 issue is out, and we are continuing to update it with

new articles because we're a digital magazine. We could do that. If you've never read us before,

you could test

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