Mastering Structure In Your Screenplay – The Screenwriting Life #6
Episode Description:
Writers dread the idea of feeling confined by a structure, but what they don’t realize, is that structure is one of the greatest gifts that they can be given as a writer. Structure = story, and the best films ever made know how to “play within the rules” today, we go over those rules!
Audio Podcast
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In this episode, Meg and Lorien dive into a messy, magical stage of screenwriting: the barf draft — your first unfiltered pass at a script.
They share how to tackle chaos on the page, whether your draft is too long, too short, tonally inconsistent (hello, surprise aliens!), or just plain confusing. You’ll learn how to shift from “fixing” to discovering, reverse-outline what you actually wrote, and surface what excites you most.
Along the way, they cover structure, character agency, stakes, and the emotional rollercoaster of writing — including why finishing (even a disaster) is worth celebrating. Whether it’s your first draft or fifteenth, this episode will help you find clarity, confidence, and momentum.
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