On The Page

Pilar reads and gives feedback on the loglines that didn't make the top fifteen lists for the 2023 Logline Contest.

Pilar and Aadip read, evaluate and vote on feature and TV loglines sent in by listeners. Dimwitted extraterrestrials. Time-traveling teachers. Felons at birthday parties. Who will win?

A healthy "impatience" led writer Lenore Adediran to stop waiting and make a web series. Since then she's sold a pilot, a feature and the Christmas movie, A Christmas Serenade, produced by Harpo Films and streaming on Max.

Portuguese Script writer Miguel Simal spent years in telenovela writers rooms learning to be as creative as possible before going on to co-write the award-winning Netflix series, Glória.

Writer Isabel Dréan talks about her shift from thrillers to holiday movies, leading to five of her scripts being produced in an 18-month period.

Ready to submit for the annual On the Page logline competition? Pilar explains the rules and gives the deadline.

As he reaches his ten year anniversary of writing, Scotty Mullen returns to share his thoughts on what he's learned from writing low budget horror, women in peril movies, Christmas movies and so much more. Bottom line: Writing has to be fun!

Guest Lee Whittaker, writer/director and former stunt man, shares his experience and challenges in making a feature film on child sex trafficking. They discuss the emotional impact, designing action sequences, and using location to elevate scenes. Also, upcoming resources for writers are mentioned.

Writer/directors Dave Merlino and Dustin Sweet set out to document the stories of the men who served in the 9th Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam. But what they ended up with was a documentary about the need to talk through trauma. Here they discuss their years-long journey making and distributing Apache Blues: Welcome Home.

From providing a performance space for the UCB in New York to contributing to "Second Draft" evenings in Los Angeles, writer Ellen Ancui continually brings together groups of creatives and builds her own supportive writing community.