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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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Jan 2, 2015 • 45min
382. Film, TV or Web?
Pilar provides a list of guidelines to help you determine if your story is best suited for film, tv or web.

Dec 26, 2014 • 47min
381. Stage 32
Pilar talks film, scripts and pitching with Richard “RB” Botto, the founder/ CEO of Stage 32.

Dec 19, 2014 • 54min
380. Christmas Guys 2014
We're visited once again by Garrett Frawley and Brian Turner, the Christmas Guys who hate Christmas. This year, they talk about their new gig as staff writers for Amazon’s kid show "Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street."

Dec 13, 2014 • 32min
379. In The Backyard With Jeff Stolhand
We go to the Budds' backyard as Ryan interviews filmmaker Jeff Stolhand, co-writer of "Burned" (with From Dusk Til Dawn's Alvaro Rodriguez) about living and working in Austin, TX and taking yearly meetings in LA.

Dec 5, 2014 • 58min
378. From South Park to Shameless
Writer Nancy Pimental talks about her experience as Executive Producer of “Shameless" and her early days writing for "South Park."

Nov 28, 2014 • 50min
377. Flight Of Fancy
Chief Pilot Syd Blue discusses the many ways the world of aviation inspires great story telling. NOTE: In the event of a water landing, this podcast can be used as a flotation device.

Nov 21, 2014 • 47min
376. Sex, Death And Other TV Tips From Carole Kirschner
Carole Kirschner, director of the WGA Showrunner Training Program, lists the components of a strong pilot and reveals the best TV shows to spec.

Nov 14, 2014 • 59min
375. Meet The Gambinos
Powerhouse team Lori Gambino (a blacklist screenwriter) and her husband David (producer of “The Judge,” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall) talk about screenwriting, biographical adaptations and the creative collaboration of marriage.

Nov 7, 2014 • 49min
374. LSF 2014
Writer Emma Gahan steps in as roving reporter for this year’s London Screenwriters’ Festival. Guests include the Deputy Chairwoman of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, Jason Pittock (the winner of the Bluecat Screenplay Competition), Amma Asante (director of “Belle”) and more!

Oct 31, 2014 • 36min
373. An Imagineer Writes
Jeffrey Travis brought engineering and art together with his film "Flatland" and his business "Positron." Here he talks about those projects as well as his movie "Dragon Day," on VOD this week and "Old Fashioned," going against "Fifty Shades of Grey."


