On The Page

274. London Screenwriters Festival, Part 2 07.12.2012 50:16 ↓

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 39:50 ↓

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 54:37 ↓

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 50:53 ↓

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 28:45 ↓

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

269. Talking Politics 03.11.2012 51:19 ↓

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

268. Shriekfest! 27.10.2012 41:20 ↓

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 47:35 ↓

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 54:29 ↓

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

265. Saying "Yes" To Story 05.10.2012 51:02 ↓

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

264. Four-part Structure 29.09.2012 44:21 ↓

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 58:41 ↓

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

262. The Screenwriter's Fairytale 15.09.2012 46:18 ↓

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

261. Pitching to Representation 08.09.2012 31:24 ↓

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 57:22 ↓

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 44:20 ↓

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

258. Thinking Independently 18.08.2012 54:14 ↓

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 42:54 ↓

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

256. Ninja Writing 04.08.2012 43:33 ↓

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 49:27 ↓

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 47:58 ↓

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

253. Karin Gist and Regina Hicks 13.07.2012 45:04 ↓

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 56:50 ↓

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

251. Action Line Contest! 29.06.2012 2:00:08 ↓

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 33:36 ↓

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