227 | Oscar-Nominated Writer Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich, Unbelievable): “Know The Difference Between Truth and Facts”

Many of Susannah Grant’s movies are based on true stories, which, for a writer, often invites thorny questions about adaptation. What should I include? Is it essential that every detail I include must have happened, verbatim? In today’s fascinating conversation, Susannah breaks down these questions, and brings up an excellent point: sometimes in fiction writing, there is profound difference between truth and facts.

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.

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