Screenwriting 101: Lorien McKenna
“When I was in a playwriting class, we’d do this exercise, a guided visualization where you imagine opening a door and there’s a scene…
“When I was in a playwriting class, we’d do this exercise, a guided visualization where you imagine opening a door and there’s a scene there. You are a witness of something happening. My job was just to write it down, write down what I saw. I really like that idea because it’s not me struggling to create, or craft, or put words in someone’s mouth. I’m just witnessing what’s happening. I get this gift of watching something, and then I get to write it down. That always felt magical to me.”
— Lorien McKenna
Go Into The Story interview, April 2020
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