

On The Page
Pilar Alessandra
ON THE PAGE: Join professional script consultant Pilar Alessandra as she demystifies screenwriting and answers your questions about script craft and story.
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Feb 17, 2017 • 44min
493. The Heart and the Spine of the Story
Kim Zubick, producer of "The Zookeeper's Wife," reveals the movie's long road from book to screen.

Feb 10, 2017 • 51min
492. Films To Save Your Love Life
Author Pamela Jaye Smith talks about the structure, characters and different kinds of love found in the movies curated in her new book, "Romantic Comedies: These Films Can Save Your Love Life."

Feb 3, 2017 • 1h 13min
491. Looking Back at the Writers Strike: A Double Episode
Brian Kalata and Stephen Andrzejewski, the producers of the documentary "Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike," look back at the issues that created the strike and discuss the changes in the industry since its resolution. We then rebroadcast Episode 10 of the On the Page Podcast, originally recorded on the eve of the Writers Strike.

Jan 27, 2017 • 40min
490. Breaking In
Career coach Lee Jessup returns to talk about the interviews she conducted for her new book "Breaking In: Tales From The Screenwriting Trenches."

Jan 20, 2017 • 48min
489. Writing for Virtual Reality
Screenwriter Giz Gewirtz, co-founder of Seismic Games, discusses the possibilities and limitations of virtual reality narratives.

Jan 13, 2017 • 57min
488. Teachers
Kathryn Renee Thomas and Caitlin Barlow, creators and stars of "Teachers" on TV Land, school us in the improv techniques they use to build characters and find "the game of the scene."

Jan 7, 2017 • 45min
487. Action on Film
Jim Churchman, stunt coordinator for Marvel movies, discusses what lifts off the page and onto the screen to create great action sequences.

Dec 30, 2016 • 46min
486. Happy New Year 2017!
Pilar and members of her Tuesday-night Writers Group pour champagne, look back on 2016 successes and discuss goals for the new year. (Stick around for Pilar's 5 Writing Resolutions for 2017. They might surprise you.)

Dec 23, 2016 • 45min
485. On The Page and In The Ring
What do pro-wrestling and good screenwriting have in common? Writer, actor and wrestling fan Sam Benjamin explains it to you.

Dec 16, 2016 • 50min
484. The Twelve Days Of Writing Revisited
This week Pilar is on a business trip teaching on the East Coast, so please enjoy a rebroadcast from December 16, 2011. A twelve day writing guide from logline to pages. Sing along with Pat and Pilar!


