On The Page

On the Page "rising star" Tamar Feinkind has found stories from her dad, herself, her motherhood and her Jewish identity. Here, she talks about her projects, pitches and a pivotal name reclamation that helped change everything.

Political turmoil! Climate disasters! How can a comedy writer find the funny? Marc Warzecha, writer, comedian and director of  The Sketch School, is here to help.

Writer Tiffany Bratcher worked her way up from writers PA to writer for the Amazon Prime series  On Call  and story editor for  Chicago PD . Here she talks about writing procedural and half-hour drama, police ride-alongs and the need to always be pitching. 

Writer Jan Kimbrough discusses  The Women's List , a nonprofit spotlighting production-ready scripts by women writers.

Pilar and her husband Pat describe how their real life story felt like a movie story as they evacuated Los Angeles during the wildfires.

Filmmaker, author, comedian Sari Karplus made a movie with her kids on a lark and ended up winning film festivals! Listen to her take on working with kids, how she wrote four childrens' books and how taking time to "look at the trees," might just be the key to a work / life balance.

Writer/director/educator Rae Shaw discusses her new book,  The Short, emphasizing the many forms of short form storytelling and the different approaches that can be taken to writing it.

Pilar reads and gives feedback on the loglines that didn't make the top fifteen lists for the 2024 Logline Contest.

Pilar and Aadip read, evaluate and vote on feature and TV loglines sent in by listeners!

Career coach Lee Jessup returns to discuss the industry changes and writing trends of 2024 and shares what's ahead for the new year.

Writer/Director Coley Sohn talks about the fun and frustration of writing and directing her independent movie "Mudkey," which satirizes the right/left divide during one miserable day on a Florida island.

Writer/Publicists Alexandra Grizinski and Jenny Beres talk about ways that screenwriters can mine their personal story to get interest in their scripts as well as the ways they can expand to different media to help them get work and get noticed.

It's time for the annual On the Page logline competition!  Pilar explains the rules and gives the deadline.

Filmmaker Pooja Parvati Gupta's experience in reality shows turned out to be excellent narrative training for creating compelling scripted stories. Hear how she made the choice to move from one to the other and how personal experience impacts her storytelling.

Writer Alan Jenkins created  1/6 , a comic book based on the "what-ifs" of a successful insurrection. Now, he's seeing many of those imagined scenarios play out in real time. Here he talks about the ways that comic books have taken political stands over the years and gives guidelines for writers to help them be more empathetic in their writing and creative workplace. 

Writer Aaron Kozak was a winner at the Austin Screenwriting Festival this year and a finalist in two other categories! Here he talks about the many ideas he's put on the page, his ability to write a lot of material very fast and how moving away from Los Angeles has made him a better writer.

Virgil Williams, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of  Mudbound , talks about his latest feature film, an adaptation of the August Wilson play The Piano Lesson , produced by Denzel Washington and directed by Malcolm Washington.

When actor/writer Mia Serafino was given the opportunity to audition for the Netflix show  Beef, she knew this was a script worthy of changing her Christmas plans. Here she talks about what speaks to her in scripts and how this has informed her own journey as a writer.

Lynn Renee Maxcy, writer for  The Handmaid's Tale  and  The Complex talks about her love of sci-fi and speculative fiction where, no matter how dark it seems, a story can always provide hope.

Screenwriters Rafael Aguilo and Neal Thibedeau have written more than ten projects over the past four years and Pilar thinks they need their big break! Here they talk about their favorite projects and their style of collaboration.

Producer Kim Zubick ( Togo, The Zookeepers Wife ) emphasizes the need for emotion in verbal pitches, pitch-decks and sizzle reels.

Filmmaker and marketing specialist Chris Brennan discusses ways that screenwriters can market themselves and their work by creating a new mindset, thinking about how they can "add value" and strategizing their social media and e-mails in more effective ways.

Writer/Director/Professor Shahari Moore draws from her "well" of experience and knowledge as she writes personal stories that grab the attention of industry and writers labs.

Adrian Colón Jr went from being a Wayans fan to working in the writers room with them on the new CBS show  Poppa's House . Hear what he learned as he went from Writers PA to CBS Fellow to working writer.

Actress, director, writer Tiffany Yvonne Cox ( Reasonable Doubt, Napa Ever After ) talks about the work she does on screen, on the page and behind the scenes to improve artists' lives and "expose the world one story at a time."