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🎉 Congrats to TSL guests Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, & Frida Perez on their big GOLDEN GLOBES wins last night! 🔗 LINK ...
01/12/2026

🎉 Congrats to TSL guests Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, & Frida Perez on their big GOLDEN GLOBES wins last night!

🔗 LINK IN BIO to listen to their episodes (258 & 265)

🎉 Congrats to TSL guests Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, & Frida Perez on their big GOLDEN GLOBES wins last night! 🔗 LINK ...
01/12/2026

🎉 Congrats to TSL guests Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, & Frida Perez on their big GOLDEN GLOBES wins last night!

🔗 LINK IN BIO to listen to their episodes (245 & 265)

🎉 ANOTHER NEW EPISODE! 🎉 How do you write without an outline - and trust that you’ll find the story?Noah Baumbach & Emil...
01/09/2026

🎉 ANOTHER NEW EPISODE! 🎉

How do you write without an outline - and trust that you’ll find the story?

Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer join Lorien to talk co-writing JAY KELLY, creative partnership, and giving yourself permission to be “whimsical, wrong, and brave."

🎧 LISTEN HERE ➡ https://shorturl.at/jFSQA

01/08/2026

How do you pitch your core plot during a meeting? Check out our latest workshop with FINAL DESTINATION producer Sheila Hanahan Taylor to find out!

🎁 Use code HOLIDAY25 for 50% off your first month of TSL Workshops
📝 SIGN UP HERE ➡ https://tslworkshops.circle.so/

🎉 NEW EPISODE! 🎉How do you write high-concept stories with real emotional stakes?Writer/director Rian Johnson (KNIVES OU...
01/08/2026

🎉 NEW EPISODE! 🎉

How do you write high-concept stories with real emotional stakes?

Writer/director Rian Johnson (KNIVES OUT, LOOPER, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI) joins Meg to break down how to balance bold, high-concept ideas with intimate emotional storytelling.

🎧 LISTEN HERE ➡ https://shorturl.at/yvNYA

2026 is the year we finally master that elusive writing/social life balance ✨
01/05/2026

2026 is the year we finally master that elusive writing/social life balance ✨

Welcome to our new series, “Quotes from the Cutting Room Floor.” ✂️Perhaps never said, but 100% emotionally accurate. 😅
01/02/2026

Welcome to our new series, “Quotes from the Cutting Room Floor.” ✂️

Perhaps never said, but 100% emotionally accurate. 😅

🎉 NEW EPISODE! 🎉As we close out 2025, we’re sharing a special supercut of our guests answering the Big Questions about j...
01/01/2026

🎉 NEW EPISODE! 🎉

As we close out 2025, we’re sharing a special supercut of our guests answering the Big Questions about joy, frustration, advice, and pride.

A reflection on why we write - and why we keep going.

🎧 LISTEN HERE ➡ https://shorturl.at/PPd3r

Holiday gift extended! 🎁50% off your first month of TSL Workshops - now through Jan 31.LINK IN BIO to join.
01/01/2026

Holiday gift extended! 🎁

50% off your first month of TSL Workshops - now through Jan 31.

LINK IN BIO to join.

12/28/2025

How can your specific story resonate globally? Join us inside TSL Workshops to find out.

🎁 Use code HOLIDAY25 for 50% off your first month
📋 SIGN UP HERE ➡ https://tslworkshops.circle.so/

12/26/2025

🎉 NEW WORKSHOP OUT NOW! 🎉

PRODUCERS' CRITERIA 201 is now live inside TSL Workshops - featuring Sheila Hanahan Taylor, producer of the FINAL DESTINATION franchise, sharing how she actually assesses projects in real time.

If you’ve ever wondered what prod🔗ucers are really listening for (and what makes them tune out), this workshop is pure gold.

🎁 Use code HOLIDAY25 for 50% off your first month ➡ tslworkshops.circle.so

🎉 NEW EPISODE! 🎉This week’s episode drops a little early so you can spend Christmas with Meg, Lorien, and this week's gu...
12/23/2025

🎉 NEW EPISODE! 🎉

This week’s episode drops a little early so you can spend Christmas with Meg, Lorien, and this week's guests - hosts of the legendary Scriptnotes podcast, JOHN AUGUST & CRAIG MAZIN.

We talk fear, structure, failure, and what stories are really about.

Perfect listening for travel days, quiet mornings, or hiding from relatives. ✨

🎧 LISTEN HERE ➡ https://shorturl.at/CVFd3

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