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2 | Turning Ideas Into Screenplays

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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How to Write a Puke Draft

In the puke draft, that turn might be telling you that's the direction to go. If it feels a little bit scary and like you're pushing into something emotional for you, it's probably some good juice in there. Do you know the basic elements of the engine of your script? So thematically, like you might just know it's something about revenge. It's something about redemption. I don't know what any word will do. What is the core relationship of the movie? What does the main character really think they want? Which is going to test your theme?"

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