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Lorien McKenna is a screenwriter and story consultant. She specializes in Story and Script Development for both studios and writers, helping them find the best version of their story. Her studio experience includes 10 years at Pixar Animation Studios in Story Development (RATATOUILLE, UP, BRAVE, INSIDE OUT, THE GOOD DINOSAUR), Paramount as a Development Producer, REELFX Animation Studios as a Story Consultant, as well as international studios for both live-action and animation. Her private writing clients include live-action and animation feature and TV writers, directors, and novelists. In 2015, along with Meg LeFauve and Chris Whitaker, she sold and wrote a TV Comedy based on the foibles of parenthood for WBTV/NBC. She is a mentor and judge for the Cinestory Foundation in both the TV/Digital and Feature Retreats. Lorien McKenna and Story HikesLorien has a BA in English Literature & Performing Arts and an MFA in Playwriting from St. Mary’s College of California. She founded GUILTY THEATER in San Francisco w