{"podcast":{"title":"The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna","slug":"the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna-436505","podcast_index_feed_id":436505,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/screenwriting-life","website_url":"https://www.facebook.com/thescreenwritinglife","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ba07d48c-d888-11ed-960d-6781f880e4fe/image/3437137-1607025567699-1e6d20507a136.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna","episode_count":320,"summary":"Welcome to The Screenwriting Life, a podcast where Oscar-nominated writer Meg LeFauve and Emmy-nominated writer Lorien McKenna discuss not only the craft and business of Screenwriting, but also the emotional life: the ups and downs of being a creative, to remind you that you are not alone and to keep writing.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T20:18:10.825853+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna-436505"},"episode":{"title":"295 | What Are The Elements Of A Good Scene? SUPERCUT","slug":"295-what-are-the-elements-of-a-good-scene-supercut","published_at":"2026-04-23T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna-436505/295-what-are-the-elements-of-a-good-scene-supercut","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna-436505","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/441/tracking.swap.fm/track/8fvJdZ1Y8SQ0SkCuaYDp/traffic.megaphone.fm/THI5330868792.mp3?updated=1776880986","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/441/tracking.swap.fm/track/8fvJdZ1Y8SQ0SkCuaYDp/traffic.megaphone.fm/THI5330868792.mp3?updated=1776880986","summary":"Lorien and Meg have asked numerous guests the same important questions, What are the elements of a good scene? You will hear different ideas from the industries best including: Melissa Rosenberg (Dexter) Derek Kolstad (John Wick) Maggie Lane & Eric Jarboe (Hotel For The Holidays/Christmas Switch) Dana Fox (Wicked) Alex Woo & Erik Benson (In Your Dreams) Chandler Baker (Oh.What.Fun.) Jesse Andrews (Hoppers) Looking for more support on your writing journey? Join Meg and Lorien inside ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TSL Workshops⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Episode Links: For more information on Flipping The Screen and to sign up for the workshops, email flippingthescreen@gmail.com Check out the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TSL merch shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TSL on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Screenwriting Life is produced and edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alex Alcheh.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Lorien and Meg have asked numerous guests the same important questions, What are the elements of a good scene? You will hear different ideas from the indu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1728,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna-436505/episodes/295-what-are-the-elements-of-a-good-scene-supercut/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-screenwriting-life-with-meg-lefauve-and-lorien-mckenna-436505/295-what-are-the-elements-of-a-good-scene-supercut.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}