

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.
Episodes
Mentioned books

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.

Jul 8, 2016 • 43min
461. Novel To Screen
Rebecca Phelps and Chris Cookson, authors of the blog "Novel2Screen," discuss the ways that screen adaptations go right … and painfully wrong.

Jul 1, 2016 • 1h 1min
460. Plan For Success
Entertainment attorney Richard DeLossa discusses copyright protection, script releases, writing partnerships and more.

Jun 24, 2016 • 44min
459. Out of the Ashes
Writer Suzanne Keilly talks about her work on "Ash vs. Evil Dead" as a writers' assistant, episode writer and webisode writer.

Jun 17, 2016 • 51min
458. Inspired By
Pilar helps writers Alicia Lomas Gross and Steve D'Arcangelo build a whole movie from one real-life-event. Listen and follow along!

Jun 10, 2016 • 58min
457. Terry Rossio
Terry Rossio, writer of "Aladdin," "Shrek" and "Pirates of the Caribbean," shares his thoughts about adaptation, story telling, dialogue and script notes.

Jun 3, 2016 • 37min
456. The Poetry of the Page
SK Valenzuela, literature professor and winner of the Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest, discusses the similarities between poetry writing and screenwriting.

May 27, 2016 • 46min
455. Pickle and Peanut and Joel and Noah
Joel Trussell and Noah Jones traveled from Maine and Tennessee to the land of unicorns. Hear how they did it and went on to work on animated projects such as "Yo Gabba Gabba," "Fish Hooks" and "Pickle and Peanut."

May 20, 2016 • 43min
454. Joy To The Script
Joy Gorman Wettels, producer of "The Meddler" and "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," starts with the question, "why should your story be told?"


