Podcast
On The Page
Hosted by Pilar Alessandra · EN
ON THE PAGE: Join professional script consultant Pilar Alessandra as she demystifies screenwriting and answers your questions about script craft and story.
26episodes
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997. Five Tips for Moving to LA and Starting Your Career
2w ago00:54:48Tap to summarizeWriter 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.
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996. Comic Book Creative
3w ago00:41:26Tap to summarizeJosh 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.
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995. The Writers Guild Foundation
4w ago00:34:14Tap to summarize"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.
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994. The Play's the Thing
Jun 1200:38:22Tap to summarizeActor/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.
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993. Lessons from Wanuri
Jun 500:57:25Tap to summarizeLessons 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!
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992. Coming of Age as a Screenwriter
May 2900:47:19Tap to summarizeActor/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.
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991. Dialogue Driven
May 2201:44:03Tap to summarizeOn the Page Podcast and Rock Solid Podcast listeners contribute their favorite dialogue-driven clips from movies!
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990. Nadia 911
May 1500:43:42Tap to summarizeNadia 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.
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989. Shooting for the Moon
May 800:31:53Tap to summarizeKatrina 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.
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988. Script Supervisor to Screenwriter
May 100:43:44Tap to summarizeSylvia-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.
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