

How Creativity Can Help Us Unlock Our Potential | Writer of Pixar's Inside Out, Meg LeFauve
40 snips Jan 22, 2025
Meg LeFauve, an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter known for Pixar’s Inside Out and Inside Out 2, shares her insights on creativity and storytelling. She emphasizes the power of vulnerability in connecting with audiences and the importance of collaboration. Meg discusses how personal experiences shape narratives and the transformative role of emotional depth in character development. She offers practical strategies for navigating the ups and downs of creativity, encouraging listeners to embrace their emotions as essential elements of artistic expression.
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Iterate and Be Vulnerable
- Iterate relentlessly, pushing your ideas and stories to the edge.
- Embrace vulnerability and share something deeply personal, even embarrassing.
The Craft of Writing
- Writing, like psychology, is often mistakenly assumed to be easy because of common usage (emails vs. minds).
- True creative writing takes years of dedicated craft and practice.
Target Meltdown
- Meg LeFauve recounts a story about her son's meltdown at Target to explain vulnerability.
- She uses this personal experience to guide another writer to access deeper emotions in their work.