On The Page

Austin Elliott chose to "be the person who cleans the kitchen without being asked," and went on to maintain steady work in the industry. Here he talks about the important lessons he's learned as he advanced from PA to the writers' room.

Writer Danny Bayliss came to LA right after college and has learned a thing or two in that time. Here he shares "five tips" that include ways to live a good life while expanding your network.

Josh Sky was an aspiring TV writer when he got an opportunity to write comics for his favorite character  He-Man . Fifty issues later, he discusses what he's learned and his feelings about where comic book writing and screenwriting converge.

"The Writers of today helping the writers of tomorrow." Such is the motto of The Writers Guild Foundation and its executive director Julie Lacouture. Julie describes the programs at the WGF which include the Veterans Writing Project, the Writers Access Program and its new partnership with the Nicholl Fellowship.

Actor/writer Marissa Alaniz discusses the love of the craft and passion for her subject matter that led her to write and produce her recently published play  Elizabeth.

Lessons about bio-pics, lessons about pitching, lessons about hope. Writer/director Wanuri Kahiu ( Rafiki, Washington Black ) returns to the podcast to talk about all of it. Don't miss this one!

Actor/writer Karin delaPena Collison's first feature script  Coming of Age won a Nicholl Fellowship. Here, she talks about what led up to it and what came next.

On the Page Podcast  and  Rock Solid Podcast  listeners contribute their favorite dialogue-driven clips from movies!

Nadia Abass-Madden drew from her experience as a 911 operator to land a job on the Fox series 911. 49 episodes later she's back on the podcast to tell her tale.

Katrina Medoff, co-founder/executive director of the  Moonshot Initiative, talks about the program's mission, events, film challenge and script accelerators - all aimed at getting emerging writers in the door.

Sylvia-Anne Parker is already a rockstar script supervisor, but over the years she's also been selected to the  Sundance Episodic Lab , the  Writers Lab  and the  Sony Creative Corridor . Recently, her BBC audio drama  A Tale of Two Trumpets won an Imoson Award. Hear what she's learned as she continues on her path to screenwriting success.

Writer Jeremy Slater has built serious genre credentials across major IP, from creating Marvel's  Moon Knight  and developing Netflix's  The Umbrella Academy  to writing on  Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire  and the television adaptation of  The Exorcist . Here he talks about his latest feature film,  Mortal Kombat II , and his approach to adapting IP and making it his own.

Named a top 25 screenwriter to watch by the ISA, Irish screenwriter Conor Dowling has written for everything from kids animation to live-action sci. fi .  Here he talks about the ongoing development of his feature projects and the lessons he's learning along the way.

Creating involved character bios and being ready for the script shifting at a moment's notice; LaNisa Renee Frederick talks about the acting-plus-improv process involved in the unconventional Amazon series,  Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat . 

Veteran producer Eleanor Greene talks about the ways she discovers and develops stories, often "beginning at the end" to help a project find its way.

Zunaid Mansoor, a leading professional script editor and consultant in South Africa, shares his wisdom about screenwriting, the entertainment marketplace and the future of storytelling for his country and beyond. 

Phil Stark,  screenwriter and licensed therapist, talks about his latest book,  How to Be a Screenwriter , covering how to network, get an agent, develop with producers and take notes.

Pilar and her friends Brian Pope, Mike Musa and Alex Troxler get together in person for one last time for their annual discussion about the best screenplay and best adapted screenplay Oscar nominees.

Writer Chris Hill, the host of the podcast  Blacklisted , talks about his personal screenwriting journey and what he's learned talking to writers who've made the coveted "Blacklist." 

Following years as a successful screenwriter, Irene Turner talks about the work and fun that went into writing and producing the Ambie Award-nominated  fictional podcast  Lady Killer for Audible.

Writer/Director Jethro Waters talks about the ways that cinematography reflects emotion and how that is shown in his new independent feature  Gunfighter Paradise .

"Dapper" David Bax, host of the long-running podcas t Battleship Pretension , returns to talk about the movies that had the most impact on him over the past 10 years.

Craig Brewer, Writer/Director of  Song Sung Blue ,  Dolemite is My Name  and  Hustle and Flow , talks about his inspiration and script writing process.

Actor/writer Danielle Pinnock gives an actor's take on the writers' room, drawn from five seasons of playing the iconic "Alberta" on the CBS hit series  Ghosts .

After graduating UNCSA, fimmaker Kat Street made decisions about what she  really  wanted to do as she filmed a  web series and developed screenplays.