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132 | The Thematic DNA of Scenes w/ Jane Anderson (+ Musings On Good Dialogue)

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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Theme Is the DNA of a Scene

Jane Fonda says the thematic is the DNA of every scene. "I find that in my very first drafts, because I'm worried about just getting the plot right," she said. The idea of theme being DNA of a scene has such a powerful idea,. And it's something that I use in my work, and I teach"

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