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107 | Writing Your Main Relationship And Why It Matters (Mailbag)

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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How to Write a Screenplay That Feels Like All Lava?

Jeff Yang: One of our listeners asks, what if you write something that feels like all lava? It strikes so close to home on every page that it's hard to view objectively. Any advice on how to connect emotionally to the work, yet separate yourself from what is happening on the page? Jeff Yang: Try to go there for a little while; when I talk about lava, it is subtext. So maybe if you're getting lost, go over to the context and just have fun.

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