The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Welcome to The Screenwriting Life, a podcast where Oscar-nominated writer Meg LeFauve and Emmy-nominated writer Lorien McKenna discuss not only the craft and business of Screenwriting, but also the emotional life: the ups and downs of being a creative, to remind you that you are not alone and to keep writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Episodes (325)

Thursday Your LAVA Is Not Your PLOT
Sep 24th Ep. 311 | The Quintessential PITCHING Crash Course w/ Jessica Sharzer
Sep 10th Ep. 310 | Bringing Your Phyiscal Life To Your Writing w/ Coach Khatchig Chouljian

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Oct 8, 2026
45¼ minutes
64 MB

You know what your story is about. You know why it matters to you. You might even have a deeply personal, emotionally powerful idea at its center. But here's the question: Do you actually have a plot? This week on The Screenwriting Life, Meg LeFauve, Lorien McKenna, and Joe Forte dig into one of the most essential distinctions in storytelling: the difference between your lava, the emotional truth burning underneath your story, and your plot, the choices, actions, and obstacles that bring that truth to life. Too often, writers mistake one for the...

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Your LAVA Is Not Your PLOT

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

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