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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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Sep 16, 2016 • 55min
471. Glenn Williamson
Producer Glenn Williamson brings stories from his early years working for Tim Burton on Edward Scissorhands to producing critically hailed and compelling titles like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Sunshine Cleaning', and 'The Omen' (2006).

Sep 9, 2016 • 1h 44min
470. Log Line Contest 2016
Matt Belknap (podcast king and former reader for Imagine Entertainment) joins Pilar to evaluate listener log lines and pick a winner!

Sep 2, 2016 • 1h 12min
469. Moving the Needle
Tom Nunan discusses his tremendous career from being an executive at ABC, Fox, NBC and UPN to founding Bull's Eye Entertainment which produced the Academy Award winning movie "Crash."

Aug 26, 2016 • 57min
468. The Return of Marc Haimes
Marc Haimes, writer of "Kubo And The Two Strings," discusses his up and coming projects: the adaptation of the subversive graphic novel "Nimona," and a drama based on the Waco Texas tragedy, produced by Mark Boal.

Aug 19, 2016 • 48min
467. Reality Rocks
Producer and TV host Damona Hoffman talks about the creativity and storytelling that goes into developing and writing reality shows.

Aug 12, 2016 • 50min
466. How To Write Like A 10th Grader
Larry Friedman, the high school teacher you wish you had, walks us through the inspiring prompts and exercises he gives in his writing classes. Guaranteed to unstick any writer ... no matter what the age.

Aug 5, 2016 • 46min
465. Trans Characters on Screen
Writer Sonya Ellis talks about the negative tropes and positive approaches to writing trans characters in film and TV.

Jul 29, 2016 • 51min
464. Scoring Story
Composer and writer Heather Schmidt talks about the ways she captures the emotion, tone, pace and story beats of the films, TV shows, and video games she scores.

Jul 22, 2016 • 46min
463. Romy, Michelle, and Robin Schiff
Pilar entertains Robin Schiff in the OTP Studio, as Robin relates the autobiographical origin of her script for 'Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion', and teaches us how to effectively write voices through improv, all while reflecting on how writing comedy for TV and Film have changed over her thirty-year career.

Jul 15, 2016 • 54min
462. Scripting Suits
Writer Aaron Korsh, (creator of the hit show Suits), and director Kevin Bray (Suits, Empire, Blackish, CSI, Walking Tall) discuss the happy intersection of writing and directing on TV.


