The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Joe sits down with Writer/Director/Producer Andrew Jay Cohen who is in the thick of post production on his latest directorial offering, Soapbox written by Max Barbakow and David Duchovny.

Before diving into the weeds with his directorial and post production process, Andrew gives insight on what he took from his time working alongside Judd Apatow for a number of years on films like Anchorman, 40 Year Old Virgin and more.

Andrew is incredibly honest about his perfectionist streak and the freedom that Apatow's approach to the script and production gave him.

He also talks about what having a critical & box office bomb taught him and how his first major success, Neighbors was a dream come true.

He dives into a bit of the post production process for Soapbox with Joe. Gems Gems Gems!

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The Muppets are beyond iconic and have over 50 years of canon to draw from. Meg chats with showrunner of The Muppets Special, Albertina Rizzo & writer on the special, and returning guest, Kelly Younger, on their approach, execution, how they ran the writers room, and so much more.

They also dive into building sketch comedy, variety shows and Meg asks a few questions about the latest season of Jury Duty for Albertina and, Kelly is a fairy tale expert! So, a top 3 fairy tales for writers was needed.

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Mortal Kombat II is out in theaters this weekend!

Joe Forte chats with writer Jeremy Slater about taking on the second installment of an iconic video game turned film franchise.

With so many characters and plot points to navigate, fight sequences to think about and beyond, how does one put that on the page and keep it fresh and exciting for all involved and all who hope to enjoy it?

Jeremy provides a plethora of gems on the business and the craft in this thought provoking, action packed episode.

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This week we have an old school Meg and Lorien dive deep into the life and world of screenwriting.

The day to day life stuff.

The bucket of S*it stuff.

The things that swirl in your head stuff.

And the, "I still have to write" stuff.

If you want to feel seen, heard, understood and connected to others and have a good laugh... this is the episode for you!

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Lorien and Meg have asked numerous guests the same important questions, What are the elements of a good scene?

You will hear different ideas from the industries best including:

Melissa Rosenberg (Dexter)

Derek Kolstad (John Wick)

Maggie Lane & Eric Jarboe (Hotel For The Holidays/Christmas Switch)

Dana Fox (Wicked)

Alex Woo & Erik Benson (In Your Dreams)

Chandler Baker (Oh.What.Fun.)

Jesse Andrews (Hoppers)

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