Pilar Alessandra

On The Page

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Join professional script consultant Pilar Alessandra as she demystifies screenwriting and answers your questions about script craft and story.

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Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

274. London Screenwriters Festival, Part 2 07.12.2012

Taped live at the London Screenwriters Festival, Pilar interviews Pitchfest Winner  Tom Kerevan ,  Writer Paul Bassett Davies, Producers  Luke Ryan & Sascha Hecks and Festival Founder Chris Jones.

273. Political Theater 30.11.2012

Filmmakers Jane Edith Wilson and Grace Lee discuss their controversial movie "Janeane From Des Moines" and its unique fact-to-fiction style of storytelling.

272. Stand-up to Script 24.11.2012

Stand-up comedians Murray Valeriano, Ryan Budds and Pat Francis discuss the structure of joke writing and the craft of script writing.

271. London Screenwriters Festival, Part 1 16.11.2012

Taped live at the London Screenwriters Festival, Pilar interviews producer Lucy V. Hay,  author Linda Aronson and writers Tim Clague and Danny Stack.

270: NYC Writers 09.11.2012

NYC Writers speak!  (Please remember to help out their city).

269. Talking Politics 03.11.2012

PIlar and David discuss the structure and DNA of political films and tv shows.

268. Shriekfest! 27.10.2012

Roving reporter "San Francisco Terisa" interviews writers and filmmakers at Hollywood's scariest film festival!

267. The Unofficial Google Plus Film Festival Podcast Episode 19.10.2012

Writer/Director, producer of the "Unofficial" Google Plus Film Festival Mike Wollaeger discusses shorts and web series.     http://blindlylefilms.com/pilar

266. Animation and Visual Effects 12.10.2012

Dara McGarry, animation production and visual effects, has a "chin wag" with Pilar and Pat.

265. Saying "Yes" To Story 05.10.2012

For show runner Jeff Kline, it all boils down to story.

264. Four-part Structure 29.09.2012

What do "The Master" and "The Avengers" have in common?  Four-part Structure!  Pilar and Pat discuss.

263. Writing the Contained Thriller 22.09.2012

Chris Sparling, writer of "Buried," talks about finding inspiration from airplanes, obituaries and bunk beds.

262. The Screenwriter's Fairytale 15.09.2012

Todd Klick, author and writer, discusses the universal story and scene beats of great movies.

261. Pitching to Representation 08.09.2012

Using an On the Page template, Pilar runs through the elements of pitching to a manager or agent.

260. Laura Learns Lessons 01.09.2012

In the process of selling two original pilots, Laura House learned ten valuable lessons about writing and selling to Hollywood. http://laurahouse.com

259. Five Projects With Warner Brothers 25.08.2012

Writer Bill Birch talks about pitching material, getting assignments and doing the job.

258. Thinking Independently 18.08.2012

Edgar Pablos and Judith Cummings discuss pre-production on their film The Legend of The Horse Thief. Joe Gold and Tammy Caplan finish production on their movie Desperate Acts of Magic.

257. Catch-up and Conflict 11.08.2012

Pilar and David talk shop and discuss the meaning of scene conflict.

256. Ninja Writing 04.08.2012

Dan Avidan & Brian Wecht, co-writers and producers of Ninja Sex Party and DJs in PJs, talk about their love of music and storytelling.

255. Get Up and Practice 28.07.2012

Sean Hood, screenwriter (Halloween:Resurrection, Cube2, Conan The Barbarian)  and blogger, discusses the (sometimes painful) rewrite process.  http://genrehacks. blogspot.com/

254. Conceptual vs. Intuitive Writing 21.07.2012

Are you an outliner or a page person?  Writer / Teacher Corey Mandell discusses.

253. Karin Gist and Regina Hicks 13.07.2012

Karin and Regina write together and apart, cover every genre on TV and have great advice on getting work!

252. Meet the Manager 06.07.2012

Literary manager Mark Wheeler discusses what he looks for in clients and in scripts.

251. Action Line Contest! 29.06.2012

Parts 1 and 2 of the reading and analyzing listener submitted scene direction. Who will be the winner?

250. Eye of the Hurricane 22.06.2012

Writer/director Jesse Wolfe discussed the making of his indie film starring Campbell Scott and Melanie Lynskey.

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