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118 | SPECIAL: Live Story Workshop From the 2022 Austin Film Festival (ft. Joe Forte)

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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Is This a Pilot or a Pitch?

I've always struggled with how much story to dole out in the pilot versus how many seeds to plant for future episodes. I would also say, and this is just for if you ever end up pitching this in Hollywood, I would avoid the word activist because that will give them hives. For streamers, they are looking for really what is your personal in on this? What is everybody expressing in here? That's the new word that's using, right?

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