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143 | Where To Begin As A Screenwriter (Pt. 2)

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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How to Start a Story

Laurence Fishburne: "I don't know what it's about until I've written it" He says he starts with a character and world, then works his way up from there. The writer-director doesn't like to outline but will do so for some projects.Fishburne on the importance of not editing while you're writing: "Just let it go where it wants to go"

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