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Sometimes a creator's got to create in order to create more. Filmmaker Noel Orput and web series producer Sarah Hawkins explain how they made it happen for themselves.

Academy award-nominated animation supervisor David Schaub shares the analysis of three-act structure he used when creating his structure app, "The Three Act Compass."

Jonathan Wolf, Managing Director of the American Film Market, discusses the power of the pitch at the world's largest motion picture business event.

Audience Development Strategist Lara Hoefs discusses the ways that creators and storytellers can learn from their fanbase.

Producer Glenn Williamson brings stories from his early years working for Tim Burton on Edward Scissorhands to producing critically hailed and compelling titles like 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Sunshine Cleaning', and 'The Omen' (2006).

Matt Belknap (podcast king and former reader for Imagine Entertainment) joins Pilar to evaluate listener log lines and pick a winner!

Tom Nunan discusses his tremendous career from being an executive at ABC, Fox, NBC and UPN to founding Bull's Eye Entertainment which produced the Academy Award winning movie "Crash."

Marc Haimes, writer of "Kubo And The Two Strings," discusses his up and coming projects: the adaptation of the subversive graphic novel "Nimona," and a drama based on the Waco Texas tragedy, produced by Mark Boal.

Producer and TV host Damona Hoffman talks about the creativity and storytelling that goes into developing and writing reality shows.

Larry Friedman, the high school teacher you wish you had, walks us through the inspiring prompts and exercises he gives in his writing classes. Guaranteed to unstick any writer ... no matter what the age.

Writer Sonya Ellis talks about the negative tropes and positive approaches to writing trans characters in film and TV.

Composer and writer Heather Schmidt talks about the ways she captures the emotion, tone, pace and story beats of the films, TV shows, and video games she scores.

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.

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.

Rebecca Phelps and Chris Cookson, authors of the blog "Novel2Screen," discuss the ways that screen adaptations go right … and painfully wrong.

Entertainment attorney Richard DeLossa discusses copyright protection, script releases, writing partnerships and more.  

Writer Suzanne Keilly talks about her work on "Ash vs. Evil Dead" as a writers' assistant, episode writer and webisode writer.

Pilar helps writers Alicia Lomas Gross and Steve D'Arcangelo build a whole movie from one real-life-event. Listen and follow along!

Terry Rossio, writer of "Aladdin," "Shrek" and "Pirates of the Caribbean," shares his thoughts about adaptation, story telling, dialogue and script notes.

SK Valenzuela, literature professor and winner of the Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest, discusses the similarities between poetry writing and screenwriting.

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."

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?"

Writer Irene Turner does not shrink away from tough characters and true crime. Here, she talks about co-writing "An American Crime," starring Ellen Page, and "The Most Hated Woman in America," with Melissa Leo (Netflix 2017).

Writer Paul Rust is everywhere on Netflix right now with his show "Love" and co-writing credit on "Pee-wee's Big Holiday." So it looked like a good time to replay an episode you might have missed!

Writer and marketing consultant Melissa Cassera talks about 7 ways you can create your "little black book" of helpful industry connections.