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152 | The Movies That Made Us Writers

By The Screenwriting Life

4:36 AM EDT on August 24, 2023

Every writer can point to a movie that made them say: "THIS. This is what I want to do." And today, Meg, Lorien, and Jeff share the movies that turned THEM into writers. Yep, we're movie nerds too.JOIN OUR PATREON: www.patreon.com/TheScreenwritingLIfeLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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