There are two right ways to build with Legos and there are also two right ways to build a film. There's the purely organic way, where you just follow all of your instincts. And then there's also the other way, where you sit down with a producer, manager, agent, writing partner, or director and you ask them, "what do you need?" And you find a way to deliver what they need.

In this podcast, Jacob Krueger talks about The LEGO Movie as a metaphor for what it really means to be a writer.